Picture from official website
The Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup took place in Odessa, Ukraine from July 4-6, 2007.
Final Standings:
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 7.0
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 6.5
3-4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2747, Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 5.5
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 5.0
6. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2558 4.0
7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2709 3.5
8. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2623 3.0
9-10. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2650, Tukmakov, Vladimir B g UKR 2551 2.5
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yes, he did! Go, Chuckkky!
Janet Newton (I’m a big fan)
Check out Shirov’s seventh round win against Gelfand. His 41st move would make a really nice puzzle (“how can black save the game?”)
Congrats, Chucky! A pity he will not be participating in Mexico. Hopefully we’ll see him next time.