Chess: Tal Memorial gets under way in Moscow

Tal Memorial gets under way in Moscow, Russia today. 10 GMs are to participate: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Wiswanatan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Peter Svidler (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine).

In Round 1 Levon Aronian will compete against Svidler, with the other pairings being Carlsen - Kramnik, Morozevich - Leko, Gelfand - Ponomariov, Ivanchuk - Anand.