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Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014
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The Tashir Group of Companies and the Russian Chess Federation are the organisers of the International TASHIR Chess Tournament in memory of Tigran Petrosian, which is to take place between November 3 and 11 at Novotel Moscow City. The tournament is held in memory of the 9th World Chess Champion, who would have celebrated his 85 birthday this year.
Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Petrosian (born June 17, 1929, Tbilisi - died August 13, 1984) played for the Soviet Union and is the 9th World Chess Champion from 1963 until 1969. Petrosian is an international chess master (1952), honoured master of sports of the USSR (1960), the four-time champion of the USSR (1959, 1961, 1969, 1975), the three-time champion of Moscow.
Doctor of Philosophy, chess theorist and journalist, editor of the Chess Moscow monthly magazine (1963-1966), founder and chief editor of the “64” monthly magazine (1968-1977), the nine-time winner of the World Chess Olympics as a member of Team USSR. Nicknamed Iron Tigran for his unsurpassed skills in defence.
Players
| Player |
ELO |
| Levon Aronian |
2797 |
| Alexander Grischuk |
2795 |
| Vladimir Kramnik |
2760 |
| Boris Gelfand |
2759 |
| Peter Leko |
2731 |
| Ding Liren |
2730 |
| Alexander Morozevich |
2724 |
| Ernesto Inarkiev |
2688 |
Schedule
Round 1: 04/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 2: 05/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 3: 06/11/2014 15:00:00
Free day: 07/11/2014
Round 4 08/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 5 09/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 6 10/11/2014 15:00:00
Round 7 04/11/2014 13:00:00
Watch LIVE Tashir International Chess Tournament - Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014 with computer analysis:
Tigran Petrosyan Memorial 2014
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