Mamedyarov catches the leader!

Shakriyar Mamedyarov is now equal first with Levon Aronian after six rounds in the Tal Memorial in Moscow.
Four players are just half-a-point behind and still in the hunt.

Round 6 (11th of November):

Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	0.5-0.5	Wang Hao	CHI	2727	25	French Steinitz	Black reacted vigorously on the queenside to obtain a repetition.
Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	0.5-0.5	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	46	Sicilian Najdorf	A highly theoretical line saw Black sacrificing material to tie many of White's pieces down in the defence of his king. This sharp struggle ended in perpetual check.
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	0.5-0.5	Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	33	Spanish Marshall	Shirov was unable to negate Black's thematic pressure and found nothing better than a repetition.
Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741		Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	32	Catalan/Bogoljubov	White obtained the bishop pair, but there were no weaknesses in Black's defensive fortress.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	1-0	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	49	Slav Defence	A fine endgame including an inspired piece sacrifice enabled Mamedyarov to breakdown Black's defences.

The table after six rounds is as follows

Standing	Name	Country	Rating	World rank	Age	+	=	-	Points
1=	Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	3	28	2	4	0	4
1=	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	8	25	2	4	0	4
3=	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	6	27	1	5	0	3.5
3=	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	9	20	1	5	0	3.5
3=	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	15	23	1	5	0	3.5
3=	Wang Hao	CHI	2727	18	21	1	5	0	3.5
7	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	4	35	1	4	1	3
8	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	14	42	1	2	3	2
9=	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	13	27	1	1	4	1.5
9=	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	16	38	0	3	3	1.5

As a reminder the results of the earlier rounds were as follows:

Round 1 (5th of November):

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	0.5-0.5	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	43	Queen's Gambit Declined Lasker
Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	1-0	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	57	Petroff Defence
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	0-1	Wang Hao	CHI	2727	51	French Defence
Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	1-0	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	41	Queen's Gambit Ragozin
Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	1-0	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	58	Catalan/Bogoljubov

Round 2 (6th of November):

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	0.5-0.5	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	39	Nimzoindian Defence 4.g3
Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	1-0	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	61	Slav Defence
Wang Hao	CHI	2727	0.5-0.5	Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	39	Catalan Opening
Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	0.5-0.5	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	39	Queen's Gambit Declined
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	1-0	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	40	Catalan/Bogoljubov

Round 3 (7th of November):

Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	0-1	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	71	Spanish Breyer
Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	0.5-0.5	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	70	Spanish Berlin
Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	1-0	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	43	Catalan Opening
Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	0.5-0.5	Hao Wang	CHI	2727	22	Slav Defence
Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	0-1	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	51	Nimzoindian Defence 4.Qc2

Round 4 (8th of November):

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	0.5-0.5	Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	35	Slav Defence
Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	0.5-0.5	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	63	Spanish Neo-Archangel
Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	0.5-0.5	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	43	Catalan/Bogljubov
Hao Wang	CHI	2727	0.5-0.5	Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	79	English Opening
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	0.5-0.5	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	33	Petroff Defence

Round 5 (10th of November):

Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2771	0.5-0.5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2763	49	Anti-Grünfeld
Levon Aronian	ARM	2801	0.5-0.5	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	56	Nimzoindian with g3
Alexei Shirov	ESP	2735	0.5-0.5	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2741	79	Spanish Berlin
Pavel Eljanov	UKR	2742	1-0	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2741	53	Semi-Slav Meran
Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2791	0.5-0.5	Wang Hao	CHI	2727	34	Semi-Tarrasch

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