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15 October 2010 - 08:44 AMT

Levon Aronian to participate in Mikhail Tal Memorial

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian (2783) will participate in Mikhail Tal Memorial to be held in Moscow, Russia, from November 5 to 14, 2010.

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Sergei Karjakin (Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.) and Wang Hao (China).

The Mikhail Tal Memorial is a chess tournament played in Moscow each year since 2006, to honor the memory of the former World Champion Mikhail Tal who died in 1992. It is usually played in the first half of November, with many of the world's strongest players competing.