A few games from the recent Tal memorial. Kramnik's win against Ponomariov in round 6 took him to a comfortable lead, but Ivanchuk was close to upsetting the apple-cart in the final round.

Azerbaijan sneaked ahead of the Russians on tie-break. Here are a small sample of games including a couple of black wins by members of the Azerbaijani team, which reflects their fighting spirit.

The two players who dominated the event were Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France and Sergei Zhigalko from Belarus. Their games were definitely worth looking at in some detail. Read on and see what you think!

Carlsen's six wins from Nanjing in a variety of styles show that he is already an all-round player. A fighter who is going from strength to strength and well on his way to the top spot in the rating list.

I have selected a few games that caught my eye, including one by Peter Svidler who badly outplayed Mamedyarov on his way to the top performance of the whole event.