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The sixth Tal Memorial has finished in Moscow, Russia. Nepomniachtchi — Aronian 80 move encounter that lasted for six and a half hour finally finished in a draw. 

In an equal endgame Aronian мейд a carelessly inaccurate attack 34…b5?, which became the reason of him to be fighting for a draw another fifty moves. 

As a result, Carlsen and Aronian gathered 5.5/9 each, which means they shared first place; however, the winner of the tournament is Carlsen due to the greater number of the games played with White. In order to achieve his goal Magnus Carlsen had to win over Hikaru Nakamura, who, owing to his defeat, is last in the final standings.  

[Event «6th Tal Memorial»] [Site «Moscow Рус»] [Date «2011.11.25»] [Round «9»] [White «Nepomniachtchi, Ian»] [Black «Aronian, Levon»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «D37»] [WhiteElo «2730»] [BlackElo «2802»] [PlyCount «169»] [EventDate «2011.??.??»] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qd8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. d5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bb1 Bb4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qd3 f5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Qf7 Rg8 25. Rd1 Be8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Bxf5 Bg6 28. Bg4 Re8 29. h4 Kg8 30. Bd7 Re7 31. Ba4 h6 32. f3 Kh7 33. Kf2 a6 34. Rd6 b5 35. Bb3 Bf7 36. Bc2+ Kg8 37. Bf5 Ra7 38. a3 Re8 39. g4 Bc4 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 Rf8 42. Bg4 a5 43. Kg3 Re8 44. Bd7 Rea8 45. Be5 Kf8 46. Bg4 Re7 47. Bd4 Ke8 48. Rg6 Bd3 49. Rb6 Rd8 50. Bc3 Rd5 51. Bh5+ Kd8 52. Kh4 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Rxb4 Kc7 55. f4 g6 56. Bf3 Rb5 57. Ra4 Re6 58. Kg3 Bf5 59. Ra7+ Kd8 60. Ra4 Ke8 61. Rd4 Rb8 62. Kf2 Reb6 63. Rd2 Rc8 64. Bd5 Rd6 65. Re2+ Kd7 66. Bb3 Ra6 67. Rd2+ Ke8 68. Ke3 Rb6 69. Ba4+ Kf7 70. Bd7 Bxd7 71. Rxd7+ Ke8 72. Rh7 Rc4 73. Rh6 Re6+ 74. Be5 Rb4 75. Kd3 Kd7 76. Rh7+ Kc6 77. Kc3 Re4 78. Rc7+ Kd5 79. Kd3 R6xe5 80. fxe5 Rxe5 81. Ra7 Ke6 82. Ra6+ Kf5 83. b4 Kxg5 84. Ra5 Kf4 85. Rxe5 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard