Levon Aronyan to compete with Kramnik

Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament kicks off in Moscow today.

The first round will see a competition between the top 2 players - Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan (2801) and Russian Vladimir Kramnik (2791).

Aronyan was winner in Tal tournament in 2006. Kramnik won the tournament twice - in 2007 and in 2009.

The other pairs competing in Tal tournament are:

Shahriyar Mammadyarov (Azerbaijan 2763) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2741)
Sergey Karyakin (Russia, 2760) - Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2741)
Alexei Shirov (Spain 2735) - Vn Hao (China, 2727, 2742)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2771) - Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)