Levon Aronian to play against Vladimir Kramnik

The 2010 Tal Memorial chess tournament starts today in Moscow. In the first round GM Levon Aronian will play against Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The tournament will run from November 5th-18th 2010 and features these players: GM Levon Aronian, GM Vladimir Kramnik, GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Boris Gelfand, GM Alexei Shirov, GM Sergey Karjakin, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Hao Wang. The average rating of the players in this year’s tournament is 2754. Levon Aronian has the highest rating – 2801.

Round 1 - 05.11.2010

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov-Hikaru Nakamura
Sergey Karjakin-Boris Gelfand
Alexei Shirov-Hao Wang
Levon Aronian-Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Grischuk-Pavel Eljanov

Round 2 - 06.11.2010

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov-Sergey Karjakin
Boris Gelfand-Alexei Shirov
Hao Wang-Levon Aronian
Vladimir Kramnik-Alexander Grischuk
Hikaru Nakamura-Pavel Eljanov