18 February 2018
Daniil Dubov Wins Qualification Tournament for Tal Memorial
Super tournament to take place in the Museum of Russian Impressionism on March 1-5
A qualification tournament for the 11th Tal Memorial was played on February 18 in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. Maxim Matlakov, Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin, and Andrey Esipenko played a double round-robin rapid event.
Daniil Dubov scored 5 points out of 6 to win the tournament and qualify for Tal Memorial. Maxim Matlakov and Grigoriy Oparin have got 2.5 points each. Andrey Esipenko is half a point behind.
The 11th edition of Tal Memorial will take place in the Museum of Russian Impressionism (Moscow) on March 1-5. The line-up: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov (all from Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Viswanathan Anand (India), and Boris Gelfand (Israel).
The Opening Ceremony will be held on March 1. Rapid part will be played on March 2-4, while the blitz tournament (with 4 more participants) will take place on March 5.
Photos by Eteri Kublashvili
