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The 11th Tal Memorial was a rapid and blitz tournament that took place in Moscow 2nd-5th March 2018. A 10 player rapid single round robin on the first three days was won by Viswanathan Anand. The 14 player 13 round blitz on the final day was won by Sergey Karjakin.

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11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 Moscow (RUS), 2-5 iii 2018															cat. XXI (2761)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2776	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	2884
2.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2809	1	*	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	5	2798
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2763	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2803
4.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	0	½	½	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	5	2801
5.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2695	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2768
6.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2767	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2760
7.	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2701	0	1	½	1	0	½	*	0	½	½	4	2724
8.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2800	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	*	1	½	4	2713
9.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2760	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	3½	2681
10.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2751	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2682

Round 1 (March 2, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Dubov, Daniil	1-0	35	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	43	A45	Trompowsky
Karjakin, Sergey	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	65	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	28	A20	English Opening
Round 2 (March 2, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	22	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Gelfand, Boris	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	28	E00	Catalan
Dubov, Daniil	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	36	A18	English Opening
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	55	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	55	A21	English Opening
Round 3 (March 2, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0-1	46	C17	French Winawer
Karjakin, Sergey	- Dubov, Daniil	½-½	39	A04	Dutch System
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	38	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	15	A01	Larsen Opening
Svidler, Peter	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	44	A08	Barcza System
Round 4 (March 3, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	33	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Dubov, Daniil	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	24	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	56	A04	Dutch System
Svidler, Peter	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	41	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	25	A07	Barcza System
Round 5 (March 3, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	16	C53	Giuoco Piano
Karjakin, Sergey	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	37	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	37	A45	Trompowsky
Gelfand, Boris	- Dubov, Daniil	1-0	40	A45	Trompowsky
Grischuk, Alexander	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	50	B23	Sicilian Closed
Round 6 (March 3, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	42	C50	Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	19	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Dubov, Daniil	1-0	28	A49	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Svidler, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	86	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	37	A35	English Symmetrical
Round 7 (March 4, 2018)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	20	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	36	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Gelfand, Boris	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	17	A33	English Symmetrical
Grischuk, Alexander	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	55	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Dubov, Daniil	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	106	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 8 (March 4, 2018)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	30	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Dubov, Daniil	0-1	51	A56	Old Indian Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	54	A05	Various
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	56	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Svidler, Peter	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	41	A04	Dutch System
Round 9 (March 4, 2018)
Karjakin, Sergey	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	40	A01	Larsen Opening
Gelfand, Boris	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	15	A21	English Opening
Grischuk, Alexander	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	96	A18	English Opening
Dubov, Daniil	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	17	B08	Pirc Defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	31	C43	Petroff's Defence

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11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 Moscow RUS Fri 2nd Mar 2018 - Mon 5th Mar 2018 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2868	10.0	0.0	62.75	5.5
2	14	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2842	8.5	0.0	52.25	5.0
3	5	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	2768	7.5	0.0	42.25	2.0
4	13	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	2834	7.0	2.0	44.00	4.0
5	11	Grischuk Alexander	RUS	2846	7.0	1.0	41.00	3.0
6	12	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2784	7.0	0.0	43.75	2.5
7	8	Dubov Daniil	RUS	2767	6.5	0.5	41.25	3.5
8	10	Andreikin Dmitry	RUS	2828	6.5	0.5	38.75	2.5
9	2	Anand Viswanathan	IND	2801	6.0	0.5	38.00	3.0
10	3	Svidler Peter	RUS	2793	6.0	0.5	34.50	2.5
11	1	Morozevich Alexander	RUS	2663	5.0	1.5	32.00	3.5
12	6	Fedoseev Vladimir	RUS	2688	5.0	1.0	33.75	3.0
13	7	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2714	5.0	0.5	32.50	2.5
14	9	Gelfand Boris	ISR	2745	4.0	0.0	23.25	1.5
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