Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the Tal Memorial in Moscow by scoring an undefeated 6-3. The round robin featured 10 of the world's top 13 chess stars. Kramnik, in his prime at age 34, seems fully recovered from losing the 2008 world championship match to Viswanathan Anand of India. He also won his previous elite chess tournament in Dortmund, Germany, in July. In Moscow, Kramnik reached "+3" after six rounds, and only Anand, who was "+2," remained close. However, Anand lost in the last round to Levon Aronian of Armenia and fell to a tie for fourth place with Aronian at 5-4. Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vassily Ivanchuk ...

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