8th Tal Memorial, Round 8

Vishy Anand quickly drew with Vladimir Kramnik in Nimzo-Indian Defence.



Another quick draw followed in the game Andreikin vs Karjakin.




Boris Gelfand playing White with Mamedyarov did not achieve more that draw.




Very interesting game full of venom and tactical motifs, shortage of time and some mistakes was the game played by Alexander Morozevich and Fabiano Caruana.
Caruana mentioned at the press conference that he had not played the opening precisely, but if we have look at this game we can see that the position had been balanced for a long time. Caruana also demonstrated several sharp lines and the ways how the game could have finished draw.
He said, he had taken some risk when he'd decided to continue fighting despite that he had run short of time.
Obviously, there was losing mistake at the move 38.g5?? but to be fair for both players  just few second had left on the clock.





In the last game Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura in the English Opening. The style how he fought for the centre where he obtained mobile pawn majority is very inspiring and impressive.
Nakamura, trying to turn the tables, sacrificed an exchange, but this was not enough.





There is the last round tomorrow starting not at 15:00 Moscow time but 13:00 which means the ChessTV broadcast will start at 10:00 BST.
In the last round Boris Gelfand will be playing against Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen against Mamedyarov. If Gelfand drew and Carlsen won then these two players will be sharing the victory in the tournament.

Standing after Round 8
1	Gelfand	5½
2	Carlsen	5
3-6	Nakamura	4½
3-6	Andreikin	4½
3-6	Mamedyarov	4½
3-6	Caruana	4½
7	Karjakin	3½
8	Anand	3
9-10	Morozevich	2½
9-10	Kramnik	2½