The 10th Tal Memorial takes place on September 25 – October 6, 2016, at the Museum of Russian Impressionism in Moscow. The tournament is a part of Chess in Museums project of RCF and Timchenko Charitable Foundation. The general sponsor of the 10th Tal Memorial is Russian Highways state company.
Prize fund: 200 000 USD.
The tournament has 21st FIDE category – average rating 2760. The players:
1. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2808)
2. Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2795)
3. Vishy Anand (India, 2776)
4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2761)
5. Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2755)
6. Li Chao (China, 2746)
7. Peter Svidler (Russia, 2745)
8. Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2743)
9. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2740)
10. Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia, 2731).
The tournament is a single round rond-robin with the classical time control – 1 hour 40 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, 15 minutes for the rest of the game, bonus 30 seconds per each move. Chief Arbiter – IA Anatoly Bykhovsky.
Schedule: opening ceremony and blitz – September 25,
playing days – September 26-October 6, rest days – September 28 and October 3.
All rounds except the last one start at 3 pm, the last round starts at 1 pm.
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