Barcelona Chess Tournament
The Barcelona-Casino chess tournament is taking place from October 19-27, 2006. This is a strong category 14 event and it is organized by the Catalan Chess Federation.
Here is the official website.
Here are the standings after 2 rounds:
1-3. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2655, Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2646, Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2574 1.5 points
4-7. Timman, Jan H g NED 2565, Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2657, Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2659, Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2741 1.0 point
8-10. Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel m ESP 2508, Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio m ESP 2410, Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2511 0.5 point
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I would like to really play with fancier pieces, like that rook shown in the picture.