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Chess Life Online 2008 August Ivanchuk Wins; Gata Finishes with Four
Chess Life Online 2008 August Ivanchuk Wins; Gata Finishes with Four | Ivanchuk Wins; Gata Finishes with Four |
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| August 27, 2008 | |
 The final round of the Tal Memorial (Moscow, August
18-27), where Vassily Ivanchuk came out on top, featured
five draws, although not all were short. American World Championship
Gata Kamsky fought for 74 moves to earn a draw against Ruslan Ponomariov in a tough endgame. Kamsky finished with 4/9. Considering his last round save and his penultimate win against Morozevich, Gata ended Moscow on a positive note. 2306 Speaking of fighting chess, you will see a lot of it at the Dresden Olympiad (November 12-25), as for the first time-ever the Olympiad will enforce an anti-short draw rule. Tal Memorial Final Standings 1.GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2781- 6 2-5 -GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2788, GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2788, GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2718 and GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2720-5 6.- GM Peter Leko HUN 2741-4.5 7-8. GM Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2708 and Gata Kamsky USA 2723 -4 9. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2742-3.5 10- GM Alexei Shirov ESP 2741-3 |