3:05 p.m. - the first round of the Tal Memorial has just started

Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the tournament, FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes



Ponomariov (being official) and Grischuk (being democratic)



Magnus Carlsen has serious intentions



The new image of Levon Aronian



Chocolate is a secret weapon of Black!



Shirov-Mamedyarov - 28 moves in 5 minutes!

 

Boris Gelfand is choosing an opening variation



TV got interested in Carlsen



Not looking at the board...



...and at the opponent



Mark Dvoretsky and Peter-Heine Nielsen are discussing the Carlsen-Gelfand game



The former prodigy keenly feels for his colleague



The Ponomariov-Grischuk game was the last to finish



Boris Gelfand failed to understand the idea behind his opponent's next move



Levon Aronian with his seconds (Sargissian, Potkin) and the commentator of the tournament Vladislav Tkachiev