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?

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...

The European Team Chess Championship 2007 for men and women took place in Crete (Greece), 27th October - 7th November, 2007.

The Russian women's team won the European team chess championship 2007 after the draw against the Ukrainian's team in the final round.

In the men section, the Russian team won the title one round before the end of the championship. Congratulations! Final standings and results...

The European Team Chess Championship 2007 for men and women is taking place in Crete (Greece), 27th October - 7th November, 2007.

In the men section, the Russian team is European chess champion. In the last round the pairings are Russia-Bulgaria and Armenia-Israel.

In the women section, the Russians leads with 14 points, followed by Poland and Armenia with 12 points. In the final round the pairings are Ukraine-Russia, Armenia-Georgia and Romania-Poland.

Topalov beat Kasimdzhanov in round 2 and took the lead with 2 points. Other games was drawn. Second is Ponomariov with 1,5 points. Kasimdzhanov and Nisipeanu have played one game less than other players. Results round 2, pairings round 3, live games...

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

In round 1 the Bulgarian Veselin Topalov won his game against Anatoly Karpov and the Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov won his game against Judit Polgar. Last game from round 1 (Kasimdzhanov–Nisipeanu) was postponed to the rest day. * Nisipeanu replaced Alexander Khalifman in the last minute...

Round 2:
Ponomariov – Nisipeanu
Topalov – Kasimdzhanov
Polgar – Karpov

The European Team Chess Championship 2007 for men and women is taking place in Crete (Greece), 27th October - 7th November, 2007.

In round 5 in the men section the leaders met on table 1. Russians smashed the team of Azerbaijan with 3,5:0,5. Svidler, Morozevich and Alekseev won their games againtst Mamedyarov, Radjabov and Guseinov. After this round Russia leads with 5 victories (10 points), 2nd are the teams of Slovenia, Israel and Azerbaijan with 8 points.

In the women section 1st is the team of Poland with 9 points, followed by the teams of Georgia, Russia and Slovenia with 8 points.

The World Champion in 1999, Russian Alexander Khalifman, had to be admitted in a hospital in Russia, exactly at the time it was scheduled to travel to Vitoria to participate in the Champions' League Chess Tournament. According to the official site, Alexander Khalifman is waiting to be operated on in the next few hours. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Alexander Khalifman will be replaced by the Grand Master of Romania and European Champion in 2005, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, who currently finalizing its preparations to join the tournament. His game from the first round against the Uzbek Rustam Kasimdzhanov is postponed to a the days of rest.

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

Participants are the former World Chess Champions Anatoly Karpov, Judit Polgar, Alexander Khalifman, Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov...