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18.09.2007 17th European Youth Chess Championship in Croatia
Four rounds have been played in Šibenik. Fifteen players have perfect score at the moment: B18: FM E.Levin RUS, B16: FM D.Lavrik RUS and D.Lomsadze GEO, B14: IM S.Sjugirov RUS and A.Arribas Lopez ESP, B12: S.Savitskiy RUS and FM I.Nyzhnyk UKR, B10: J.-K.Duda POL and T.Harutunian ARM, G18: WIM V.Tarasova RUS and WIM I.Paulet ROM, G16: WFM K.Ozturk TUR, G12: A.Lach POL, G10: A.Styazhkina RUS and C.Haussernot FRA. In the G14 group six girls scored 3.5/4.
more [source: chess-results.com]

17.09.2007 Recommended reading: Nikita Vitiugov Wins in Krasnoyarsk
The article in Krasoyarsk 'Today's Newspaper' deals with the results of the Higher League of the 60th Russian Chess Championship won by 20-year grandmaster of St. Petersburg (in Russian).
more [source: www.sgzt.com]

17.09.2007 Efim Geller Memorial
Three Ukrainian chessplayers shared the 1st place on 7/9: IM Alexander Zubov, GMs Anton Korobov and Andrey Sumets.
more [source: www.ukrchess.org.ua]

17.09.2007 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2007
Round 4: Aronian wins, Anand misses the opportunity to take the leadership: Aronian – Leko 1-0, Svidler – Gelfand 1/2, Morozevich – Anand 1/2, Kramnik – Grischuk 1/2. Standings: Anand and Kramnik 2.5/4, Gelfand, Grischuk, Morozevich and Aronian 2, Leko and Svidler 1.5. Today is a day off. Pairs of the 5th round, September 18th: Anand – Svidler, Grischuk – Morozevich, Leko – Kramnik, Gelfand – Aronian.
more [source: www.chessmexico.com]

16.09.2007 Three Questions to Grandmasters
Shortly before the start of the World Championship Tournament in Mexico, we asked grandmasters of several generations three questions: 1. What competition for the World Champion title do you remember most of all? 2. What system of determining the World Champion do you prefer? 3. Who do you think will win in Mexico? 41 grandmasters answered: 31 men, 10 women. Read all their answers.
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16.09.2007 Efim Geller Memorial
Leading standings before the last round: A.Zubov 6.5/8, Yu.Drozdovskij, M.Oleksienko, A.Zubarev, A.Korobov, D.Shillin and A.Sumets 6.
more [source: www.ukrchess.org.ua]

16.09.2007 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2007
Round 3: Morozevich – Svidler 1-0, Anand – Kramnik 1/2, Leko – Gelfand 1/2, Grischuk – Aronian 1/2. Standings: Anand and Kramnik 2/3, Gelfand, Grischuk, Leko and Morozevich 1.5, Svidler and Aronian 1. In the 4th round today will play: Kramnik – Grischuk, Morozevich – Anand, Svidler– Gelfand, Aronian – Leko. http://www.chessmexico.com/es/index.php?
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16.09.2007 St. Petersburg Rapid Chess Cup
IM Evgenija Ovod beat WGM Irina Sudakova 1.5-0.5 in the final match of the St. Petersburg Women's Rapid Chess Cup on Saturday, September 15. Men's finals will be held on September 22.

15.09.2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad 2007
Round 7 results: A.Shirov – V.Akopian 1-0, J.Timman – S.Movsesian 1/2, D.Navara – V.Korchnoi 1-0, V.Lazniczka – R.Ponomariov 0-1. Final standings: 1-2. Movsesian and Ponomariov 4.5/7; 3-4. Akopian and Navara 4; 5. Shirov 3.5; 6-7. Lazniczka and Timman 3; 8. Korchnoi 1.5.
more [source: www.nss.cz]

15.09.2007 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2007
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2007 Round 2: top rated go forward! Kramnik – Morozevich 1-0, Aronian – Anand 0-1, Svidler – Leko 1/2, Gelfand – Grischuk 1/2. Standings: Anand and Kramnik 1.5/2, Gelfand, Grischuk, Leko and Svidler 1, Aronian and Morozevich 0.5. In the 3rd round today will play: Anand – Kramnik, Morozevich – Svidler, Grischuk – Aronian, Leko – Gelfand.
more [source: partidas.chessmexico.com]

14.09.2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad 2007
Round 6 results: V.Akopian – J.Timman 1-0, S.Movsesian – D.Navara 1-0, draws: R.Ponomariov – A.Shirov, V.Korchnoi – V.Lazniczka. Standings before the last round: Movsesian, Akopian 4/6; Ponomariov 3.5; Navara and Lazniczka 3; Timman and Shirov 2.5; Korchnoi 1.5. Round 7 will start tomorrow at 10:00.
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14.09.2007 60th Championship of Russia, Higher League
11 GMs tied for the first rank on 7/11 after the final round was over today. Unofficial final standings, TB1 (BH-Lo) and TB2 (PS) taken into account: 1. Nikita Vitiugov 2608, St. Petersburg, 2. Andrey Rychagov 2557, 3. Alexey Dreev 2606, 4. Farrufh Amonatov 2598 (all Moscow), 5. Evgeny Tomashevsky 2654, Saratov, 6. Artyom Timofeev 2650, Kazan – the six qualify for the Superfinal of the Russian Championship; 7. Konstantin Sakaev, St. Petersburg, 8. Vadim Zvjaginsev, Moscow, 9. Sergei Rublevsky, Kazan, 10. Pavel Tregubov, Krasnodar, 11. Mikhail Kobalia, Moscow. Other Petersburg players' results: GM M.Makarov 6.5, GM V.Popov, IMs P.Anisimov and D.Lintchevski 4.5.
more [source: russiachess.org]

14.09.2007 17th European Youth Chess Championship in Croatia
The competition starts today in Šibenik, Croatia, and will last to September 23 (9th round). 766 boys and girls of 42 countries will play in ten groups from U10 to U18. 95 Russian young chess players take part, 24 of St. Petersburg. We wish success to all of them! Games will begin at 17:00 Moscow time (rounds 1-7). You can watch 25 live games at the official site of the championship.
more [source: www.euroyouth2007.com]

14.09.2007 M.Notkin. Black Misfortune
Our columnist Maxim Notkin comments some games of his collection of the best games played in July 2007.
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14.09.2007 Efim Geller Memorial in Odessa
After round 6 IM Alexander Zubov UKR is a single leader on 5.5/6. Ukrainian GMs Yuri Drozdovskij and Anton Korobov follows him with 5 points. Eleven players scored 4.5.
more [source: www.ukrchess.org.ua]

14.09.2007 Czech Coal Carlsbad 2007
Round 5 results: A.Shirov – V.Korchnoi 1-0, D.Navara – J.Timman 1-0, draws: R.Ponomariov – V.Akopian, V.Lazniczka – S.Movsesian. Standings: Movsesian, Akopian, Navara and Ponomariov 3/5; Timman and Lazniczka 2.5; Shirov 2; Korchnoi 1.
more [source: www.nss.cz]

14.09.2007 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2007
It has begun! With four rather short draws: Kramnik – Svidler 23 moves, Morozevich – Aronian 25, Anand – Gelfand 22, and Grischuk – Leko 28. Round 2 pairs: Kramnik – Morozevich, Aronian – Anand, Gelfand – Grischuk, Svidler – Leko. Watch online games since 23:00 Moscow time.
more [source: partidas.chessmexico.com]

13.09.2007 60th Championship of Russia, Higher League
Round 10 leading standings: 1-9. K.Sakaev, N.Vitiugov, F.Amonatov, A.Dreev, M.Kobalia, S.Rublevsky, E.Tomashevsky and A.Timofeev and P.Tregubov 6.5/10; 10-17. E.Bareev, V.Zvjaginsev, V. Malakhov, A.Rychagov, V.Zakhartsov, E.Najer, D.Chuprov and E.Romanov 6. The last round starts tomorrow at 8:00 Moscow time.
more [source: russiachess.org]

13.09.2007 Victor Toporov. COULDN’T BE BETTER!
The article by St. Petersburg author Victor Toporov deals with the world championship tournament starting in Mexico.
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13.09.2007 Alexey Yuneev is 50 Today!
Our congratulations and best wishes to Alexey M. Yuneev, international master, champion of Leningrad 1989, known children chess trainer, who celebrates his 50th anniversary today.

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