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News & Events: Year 2007
Year 2002 / Year 2003 / Year 2004 / Year 2005 / Year 2006 / Year 2007

- Russian Championship Superfinal (December 18-30 / Moscow, RUSSIA)

* Alexander Morozevich won the title
* Official site (Russian)

- German Bundesliga (Rounds 5 - 6, December 8 - 9 // Germany)

* Official site

* Chessvibes reports

- 6th Benidorm Chess Festival (November 30 - December 9 // Benidorm, SPAIN)

* Vladimir Malakhov (8.5/10) won the tournament
* Official site

- World Chess Cup (November 23 - December 14 / Ugra, RUSSIA)

* Gata Kamsky beat Alexei Shirov in the final
* Official site

- World Blitz Chess Championship (November 20-21 // Moscow, RUSSIA)

* Vassily Ivanchuk is the new World Blitz Chess Champion
* Results & games

* Official site

- Tal Memorial (November 9-19 // Moscow, RUSSIA)

* Kramnik won the tournament with a TPR of 2901
* Download the games

* Official site

- 8th Liberec Open (November 10 - 17 // CZECH REPUBLIC)

* IM Zbigniew Ksieski (7.5/10) won the tournament

* More details

- Champions League Tournament (November 2 - 15 // Vitoria, SPAIN)

* Veselin Topalov (7/10) won the tournament with a fantastic performace (2835)
* Download the games

* Official site

- European Team Championships (October 28 - November 7 // GREECE)

* Both Russian teams won the championships undefeated

* Official site

- II Cáceres 2016 Chess Tournament (November 3-4 // Cáceres, SPAIN)

* Azer Mirzoev won the tournament

* Official site

- Leko vs. Ivanchuk Rapid Match (October 25-28 // UKRAINE)

* Ivanchuk won the blitz tiebreak (1.5-0.5) after Leko tied the match (6-6) during the last day

* Download the games
* Official site

- Ciudad de Barcelona Chess Tournament (October 18 - 26 / Barcelona, SPAIN)

* Hikaru Nakamura (7/9) won the tournament, Lenier Dominguez finished in 2nd place

* Official site

- 4th Calvia Chess Festival (October 15 - 23 / SPAIN)

* Viktor Mikhalevsky (8/9) won the tournament undefeated

* Official site

- Spanish Club Championship Final (October 20 - 21 / Calviá, SPAIN)

* Linex Magic won the national title several days after winning the European title

* Official site

- 1st South Bohemia Open (October 13-20 // CZECH REPUBLIC)

* Marek Ing. Vokac (7.5/9) won this tournament

* Final standings

- Blindfold Chess World Cup (October 16-20 // SPAIN)

* Xiangzhi Bu won the tournament with a fantastic perfomance

* Official site

- Essent Chess Tournament (October 14 - 20 / NETHERLANDS)

* Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (4.5/6) won the tournament, Van Wely finished in 2nd place

* Official site

- First Saturday Tournaments (October 6 - 17 // HUNGARY)

* Krisztian Szabo (7.5/11) won the GM section

* Official site

- European Club Cup (October 2 - 10 / Antalya, TURKEY)

* Linex Magic-Mérida (men) & Monte-Carlo (women) won the European Club title

* Official site

- FIDE rating lists (October 2007)

* Full lists

- Miami Chess Open (September 26 - 30 / Miami, USA)

* Hikaru Nakamura won this event

* Final standings

- FIDE World Chess Championship (September 12 - 30 / MEXICO)

* Viswanathan Anand is the new World Chess Champion!

Final standings

Chessville coverage & Forum // Download all the games // Official site

- Czech Coal Carlsbad Tournament (September 8-15 // CZECH REP.)

* Sergei Movsesian (4.5/7) won the tournament on better tiebreak

* Official site

- China vs. UK Match (September 4-9 // Liverpool, UK)

* China won the match (28-20)

* Official site

- ACA U.S Open (September 1 - 3 / Nevada, USA)

* Varuzhan Akobian won the tournament (12-0), Stan Vaughan finished in 2nd place

* Press release (large image)

- Short vs. Navara // Jackova vs. Timman (August 30 - September 1 // PRAGUE)

* Short - Navara: 3-7
* Jackova - Timman: 2.5-7.5

* Official site

- NH Chess Tournament (August 22 - September 1 // NETHERLANDS)

* "Rising Stars" beat "Experience" (26.5-23.5) // Karjakin qualified for the next Amber Chess Tournament

* Official site

- 4th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open (August 20 - 26 / MALAYSIA)

* Li Chao won this event

* Official site

- I.B.C.A Individual Chess Championship (August 13-24 // UK)

* Jaroslav Olsar (8/9) won this event
* Results

* Official site

- Mainz Chess Classic (August 13 - 19 // GERMANY)

* GrenkeLeasing Rapid World Championship: Anand won the match vs. Aronian (2.5-1.5)
* FiNet Chess960 World Championship: Aronian kept the title after beating Vishy Anand
* Livingston Chess960 Computer WCC: Rybka won the title (2.5-0.5 vs. Shredder)
* FiNet Chess960 Open: Viorel Bologan (9.5/11) won this strong Chess960 open
* ORDIX Open (August 18-19): Czech GM David Navara (9.5/11) won this rapid open

* Official site

- New England Masters (August 13-17 // Boston, USA)

* Leonid Kritz (7/9) won the tournament

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournament (August // HUNGARY)

* IM Vinh Bui (7/10) won the GM section

* Official site

- HZ Chess Tournament (August 4 - 11 // NETHERLANDS)

* Fabiano Caruana won this year´s edition

* Official site

- 40th Biel Chess Festival (July 21 - August 3 // SWITZERLAND)

* Magnus Carlsen defeated Alexander Onischuk in the tiebreak to win the tournament

* Official site

- Montreal International Tournament (July 19-29 / CANADA)

* Vassily Ivanchuk (7/9) won the tournament, Tiviakov finished in 2nd place

* Results

- U.S Women´s Championship (July 16-20 // Oklahoma, USA)

* Irina Krush is the new U.S Women´s Champion

* Official site

- Interview with Pavel Tregubov (Chessvibes)

* Read it

- Canadian Open Chess Tournament (July 7-15 / CANADA)

* Bu Xiangzhi won the tournament

* Official blog

* More information (standings, results, etc.)

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (July / HUNGARY)

* Fabiano Caruana (7/9) won the GM section achieving his final GM norm (full results)
* Chessbase report

* Official site 

- XX Magistral Ciudad de Leon (July 4 - 9 / León, SPAIN)

* Anand won the tournament, repeating last year´s success

* Official site

- Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup (July 3-6 / Odessa, UKRAINE)

   * Vassily Ivanchuk won the event (7/9), Alexander Grischuk (6.5) finished in 2nd place

   * Official site

- FIDE rating list (July 2007)
 

- Dortmund Chess Tournament (June 23 - July 1 / Dortmund, GERMANY

* Vladimir Kramnik won the tournament, Anand, Leko & Alekseev shared the 2nd place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Aerosvit Chess Tournament (June 18 - 30 / Foros, UKRAINE)

* Vassily Ivanchuk won the tournament, Sergey Karjakin finished in 2nd place

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Turneul Regilor - Royal Tournament (June 15-27 // Bazna, ROMANIA)

* Winner: Alexander Khalifman

* Official site

- LatestChess interviews GM Nigel Short

* Read it

- Rybka is the new World Computer Chess Champion

* Official site

- Gorenje Chess Tournament (June 13 - 21 / Valjevo, SERBIA)

* Michael Roiz first on better tiebreaks after sharing the 1st place with Suat Atalik
Anatoly Karpov finished in 3rd place

* Official site

- Candidate Matches (May 26 - June 14 / Elista, KALMIKYA)
 

* Download all the games
* Official site

- National Open (June 7 - 11 / Las Vegas, USA)

* Hikaru Nakamura (5.5/6) took clear first
* Full results

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (June / HUNGARY)

* Viktor Erdos performed GM-norm; Weiming Goh & Ervin Toth performed IM-norms
* Official site

- Rybka $100.000 challenge to FIDE (June 1)

* Read more

- 1st World Women´s Team Championship (May 19-30 // RUSSIA)

* China (1st), Russian (2nd) & Ukraine (3rd)
* Official site

- 37th Bosna Chess Tournament (May 18 - 28 // Sarajevo, BOSNIA)

* Sergei Movsesian won this year´s edition
* Official site

- U.S Chess Championship (May 15-23 / Stillwater, USA)

* Alexander Shabalov (7/9) is the new U.S Chess Champion
* Official site

- Mtel Chess Masters (May 10-20 / Sofia, BULGARY)

* Veselin Topalov won the tournament after beating Sasikiran in the last round
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Chessvibes videos: intro // round 4 // round 5 // interviews: Kamsky / Sasikiran // round 7

* Official site

- Carlsen vs. Radjabov Rapid Match (May 18 // Corsica, FRANCE)

* Radjabov won the match in the armageddon game

* Official site

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (May / HUNGARY)

* GM Section: GM Zlatko Ilincic´s (10.5/14) won the section
* IM Section: Karina Vazirova (6/10) performed WIM norm, Vishnuvardhan Arjun performed IM norm (7/9)

* Official site

- Aronian vs. Kramnik, Rapid Match (May 4-6 / Yerevan, ARMENIA)

* Levon Aronian won the match (4-2)
* Download the games

* Official site

- Kramnik vs. Leko, Rapid Match (April 24 - 30 / Miskolc, HUNGARY)

* Vladimir Kramnik won the match (4.5-3.5)

* Official site

- 15th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament (April 18 - 26, SWEDEN)

* Ivan Cheparinov (7/9) won the tournament; Timman, Berg and Hillarp-Persson shared the 2nd place

* Official site

- Anand´s Charity Simul (April 21 / Internet Chess Club)

* Read more

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (April / HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Fabiano Peruana performed GM norm, Peter Prohaszka performed IM norm
* IM-A Section: Axel Rombaldoni & Alexander Khatuenv performed IM norm
* IM-B Section: Oliver Mikoh performed IM norm

* Official site

- 8th European Chess Championship (April 2-16, GERMANY)

* Vladislav Tkachiev (8/10) & Tatiana Kosintseva (10/11!) are the new European Chess Champions

* Official site

- 9th Foxwoods Open (Foxwoods, USA)

* Gata Kamsky won the tournament on speed playoff

* Final standings
* Download the games

* Official site

- 2nd "Villa Cañada de Calatrava" Chess Festival (April 6-8, SPAIN)

* Alexei Shirov won the rapid & fischer random tournaments, Ivanchuk won the blitz one


* Final standings
* Official site

- Amber Blindfold & Rapid Tournament (March 17-29, MONACO)

* Vladimir Kramnik won the tournament and the blindfold competition; Anand won the rapid one

* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- Bulgarian Chess Championships (March 10 - 20 / BULGARY)

* Chatalbashev (men) & Voiksa (women) won the national title
* Official site

- U.S Masters Championship (March 10-18 / Hendersonville, USA)

* More information

- First Saturday Chess Tournaments (March / HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Fabiano Caruana (7.5/10) won the section performing GM norm; Ervin Toth  also performed an IM norm //IM Section: Andreay Okara performed IM norm

* Official site

- Morelia/Linares Chess Tournament (Feb 17-25, Mar 2-11 / MEXICO - SPAIN)

* Viswanathan Anand won the tournament, Morozevich & Carlsen shared the 2nd place
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site (Morelia)
* Official site (Linares)

- Aeroflot Chess Open (February 14 - 22 / Moscow, RUSSIA)

* Evgeny Alekseev won this strong tournament and will play the Dortmund Tournament 2007
* Official site

- 1st Saturday Chess Tournaments (February / HUNGARY)

* GM Section: Gellert Papp (7.5/10) won the section and performed GM-norm

* Official site

- 39th Open Championship - Georgi Tringov Memorial (BULGARIA)

* Krasimir Krusev (7.5/9) won the tournament

* Official site

- Moscow Chess Open (January 27 - February 4 / RUSSIA)

* Najer & Yemelin shared the 1st place, Najer won on better tiebreak

* Official site

- GibTelecom Chess Festival (January 23 - February 1 / GIBRALTAR)

* Vladimir Akopian won the event

* Official site

- Corus Chess Tournament (January 13 - 28 / NETHERLANDS)

* Aronian, Topalov & Tadjabov share the 1st place
* Chessville coverage
* Download all the games

* Official site

- ACP Rapid Chess Cup (January 5 - 8 / UKRAINE)

* Peter Leko won the 1st ACP World Rapid Cup after beating Vassily Ivanchuk (2.5-1.5)

* Official site

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