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Magnus Carlsen defeated Veselin Topalov in round 5 to take the lead on his own going into the second rest day. Topalov resigned in a drawn position after failing to find the saving resource. The Morelia / Linares tournament takes place 16th Feb - 11th March 2007. The Morelia half takes place 17th-25th February 2007 and Linares 2nd-10th March 2007. Commentary Morelia Linares Rounds 6-7 Morelia Linares Round 5 Morelia Linares Rounds 4 Morelia Linares Rounds 1-3 PGN Games in PGN Format http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverL...e?contentId=701

Hastings 2006-7 The Hastings Congress took place 28th December 2006 - 7 January 2007. Merab Gagunashvili took the Masters title on tie-break from defending champion Valerij Neverov. http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverL...e?contentId=683

The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup took place in Odessa in the Ukraine 4th-8th January 2007. The event was sponsored by the Bank Pivdennyi based in Odessa and took place in the Hotel Londonskaya. The tournament organisers were the Bank Pivdennyi and the Association of Chess Professionals. The total prize fund was 136,000 US Dollars. 16 grandmasters participated in this Knock-Out tournament. The time control was 20 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 5 seconds per move, with blitz games (3mins + 2sec/m) to settle ties. Peter Leko won the second blitz playoff game against Vassily Ivanchuk in the final, their first three games were drawn. http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverL...e?contentId=682

David Ionovich Bronstein was born in Bila Tserkva near Kiev, Ukraine February 19th 1924 and died in Minsk 5th December 2006. <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bronstein" target=_blank>and http://surov.livejournal.com/24856.html confirm the news. Here is my appreciation of David Bronstein: David Bronstein 1924-2006 http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverL...e?contentId=634

The Russian Championship SuperFinal takes place in Moscow 3rd-15th December 2006 (rest days 7th and 12th). Games in PGN Round 4 (December 6, 2006) Khairullin, Ildar - Najer, Evgeniy Grigoriants, Sergey - Khismatullin, Denis Alekseev, Evgeny - Vitiugov, Nikita Inarkiev, Ernesto - Svidler, Peter Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Jakovenko, Dmitry Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Rublevsky, Sergei Round 3 (December 5, 2006) Jakovenko, Dmitry - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 64 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack Svidler, Peter - Khismatullin, Denis 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Khairullin, Ildar - Grigoriants, Sergey 1/2 19 B12 Caro Kann Advanced Rublevsky, Sergei - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Najer, Evgeniy - Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 55 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) Vitiugov, Nikita - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1/2 15 E13 Queens Indian 5.Bg5 Round 3 Standings: 1. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2671 2.0; 2. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 2.0; 3. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2543 2.0; 4. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2688 2.0; 5. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2582 1.5; 6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2639 1.5; 7. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 1.5; 8. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2628 1.5; 9. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2595 1.5; 10. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2545 1.5; 11. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2648 0.5; 12. Vitiugov, Nikita m RUS 2596 0.5; Official site: <A href="http://russiachess.org/content/view/94/" target=_blank>: live coverage: http://russiachess.org/online http://twic.chesscorp.com/infoglueDeliverL...e?contentId=631