The 10th Mikhail Tal Memorial will be played in the Museum of Russian Impressionism (Moscow), one of the leading private museums in Russia.

The tournament will be opened on September 25, 2016, and will become the sixth event of the Chess in Museums project.

Participants in the Tal Memorial 2016 are Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2808), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2795), Viswanathan Anand (India, 2776), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2761), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2755), Li Chao (China, 2746), Peter Svidler (Russia, 2745), Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2743), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2740), and Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia, 2731)

Live games with analysis will be daily live on Chessdom.com and ChessArena.com with triple engine analysis by the TCEC engines Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish