The tournament Bazna (Romania) is taking place from June 15 to 27, 2007
Here are the standings after 5 rounds:
1. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2624 3.5/4
2. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2590 3.5/5
3-8. Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2580 2.5/5
3-8. Beliavsky, Alexander g SLO 2648 2.5/5
3-8. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2512 2.5/5
3-8. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2510 2.0/4
3-8. Sokolov, Andrei g FRA 2584 2.0/4
3-8. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2528 2.0/4
9. Suba, Mihai g ROM 2537 2.0/5
10. Timman, Jan g NED 2545 1.5/5
11. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 1.0/4
Here is the website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Khalifman is the strongest by far.
Yes, Khalifman I think still plays regularly – Aeroflot last year (?) so he is both battle tested and more up to date on the sharper openings.
Impressive start by Khalifman so far! What is his performance rating at the moment? I imagine it must be quite high.