Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik won Tal Memorial 2007 tournament after his victory in 8-th round against Shakhriar Mamedyarov. Round before the finish Russian grandmaster has 1,5 points over the second - Aleksey Shirov and take the sole lead. Mamedyarov had tried an unusual chess opening with black bishop fiancceto in answer of an 1. d4, but this was not enought according Vladimir's experiance.
All other games were draw finished.

American grandmaster Gata Kamsky and Spanish one Aleksei Shirov both beat their opponents in round 7 of Tal Memorial 2007. All other games were finished on a draw.
After this round the leader in tournament is former world champion - Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik followed by Aleksey Shirov and young rising star from Norway - Magnus Carlsen.

Bulgarian supergrandmaster Veselin Topalov won The Champion's League Chess Tournament in the Spanish city of Vitoria. He beats Judit Polgar - the strongest women chess player ever. Rustam Kasimdzhanov won against Ruslan Ponomariov and Anatoly Karpov drawn his game with Nisipeanu. Results...

In the round 9 of the Champions' League Chess Tournament in Vitoria, Ponomariov lost to Topalov, Kasimdzhanov beat Karpov. Topalov leads by a half point with one round to go.

Standings after round 9:

Rank	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	SB.
1	Topalov Veselin	2769	BUL	6	24,00
2	Ponomariov Ruslan	2705	UKR	5Ѕ	23,00
3	Polgar Judit	2708	HUN	5	19,50
4	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2668	ROU	4Ѕ	20,00
5	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2690	UZB	3Ѕ	14,25
6	Karpov Anatoly	2670	RUS	2Ѕ	12,25

Final Round 10 - pairings:
Ruslan Ponomariov - Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Anatoly Karpov - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Judit Polgar - Veselin Topalov

All games from round 4 were drawn!

All games from round 2 were drawn! Very attractive round 3 - four victories and a draw. Watch games LIVE - 13 Nov 15.00 h local Moscow time. Carlsen-Mamedyarov in round 4!

Results round 8:
Ponomariov Ruslan Ѕ-Ѕ Karpov Anatoly
Polgar Judit Ѕ-Ѕ Kasimdzhanov Rustam
Topalov Veselin 1-0 Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter

Round 9 on 2007/11/13 at 16:00
Topalov Veselin 2769 - Ponomariov Ruslan 2705
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2668 - Polgar Judit 2708
Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2690 - Karpov Anatoly 2670

Dear comerades... No its not a misprint - the XXII Friendly Chess Match between USSR and Yugoslavia teams took place 8th-9th November 2007 at the Central Chess Club of Moscow, Russia. Finaly the USSR team won the victory by 11-9. And nevertheless neither country exists on a political map, friendship is still alive. Results...

The Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov leads by a full point (5 pts total) after round 7 in the Chess Champions' League in Vitoria (Spain). Judit Polgar, Veselin Topalov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu are shared second place with 4 points. Results and Standings...

The Hungarian Peter Leko won his game in round 1 against Alexei Shirov of the Tal Memorial 2007 in Moscow. All other games were drawn. Full schedule below... Gelfand vs Kramnik in round 2...

Results round 1:
Leko-Shirov 1-0
Kamsky-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Alekseev-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Jakovenko-Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2