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

Tal Memorial 2007 will take place in Russian capital city - Moscow, November 9-19, 2007. Below are the official site, live games server and pairings round 1...

Another chess event will take place after this tournament - the World Blitz Championship 2007. This will be the first battle between current World chess champion Viswanathan Anand and the former Vladimir Kramnik after WCC Mexico 2007. They will play World chess championship match (classic chess) next year - WCC 2008. More information soon.

Tal Memorial Tournament 2007 will take place in Russian capital city - Moscow, November 9-19, 2007. Average rating of the tournament is 2742 (category 20). (The approximate average rating, but much more interesting tournament will take place in Hoogeveen (NED) - Corus 2008. But this is next year...)

The number 2 in the FIDE rating list - Vassily Ivanchuk, the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik (who will play World chess championship match against Anand in 2008), Peter Leko, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Shirov, Gelfand, Kamsky, Alekseev, Carlsen and Jakovenko in a battle. What are your predictions?

FIDE World Chess Cup (WCC) 2007 will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), November 22 - December 18, 2007. On the official FIDE site was announced pairings for round 1...

The "Champions League" Chess Tournament (Liga de campeones) takes place in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), November 1-15, 2007.

After round 5 leader is GM Ruslan Ponomariov with 3,5 points. Veselin Topalov and Judit Polgar have 3 points. Schedule round 6-10, standings after round 5...