The fifth Mikhail Tal Memorial is over in Moscow. Russian GM Sergey Karjakin, Armenian GM Levon Aronian and Azerbaijani representative Shakhriyar Mamedyarov got 5.5 points each out of 9 possible and shared the first place.

During the final round Karjakin drew with Wang Hao, Aronian ended his game in a draw playing with Pavel Eljanov, whereas Mamedyarov lost to Boris Gelfand from Israel.

Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik gaied victory over Alexei Shirov, whereas Alexander Grischuk drew with Hikaru Nakamura.

Final standings are as follows:

1-3 Aronian, Mamedyarov, Karjakin - 5.5 points

4-6 Wang Hao, Grischuk, Nakamura – 5 points

7 Kramnik – 4.5

8 Gelfand - 3.5

9 Shirov – 3

10 Eljanov – 2.5.