The Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will participate in the traditional super-tournament Mikhail Tal Memorial, which will be held in Moscow from 18th to 28th August, Sports.ru reported. Kramnik is back to defend the last year's trophy, when he confidently took the first place, full point ahead of Alexei Shirov.

Apart from Vladimir Kramnik, also confirmed is the participation of the winner of the Mtel Masters 2008 - Vassily Ivanchuk, the World Chess Championship semi-finalist Gata Kamsky, the 2007 World Championship participant Boris Gelfand and the 2007 World Cup finalist Alexei Shirov. There will be 10 players, but the rest of the field is to be announced later.

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