The “Villa de Canada de Calatrava” super rapid tournament is taking place from April 6-8, 2007. This is a game /25 event.

GMs Shirov, Gelfand, Fridman and my sister Judit are leading with 5.5 points in 6 rounds. Right behind them are many superstars including Anand, Mamedyarov, Ivanchuk, Sasikiran, Karpov, Sokolov, etc.

Here are some of the top pairings for round 7:

GM Shirov Alexei 5½ – 5½ GM Gelfand Boris
GM Fridman Daniel 5½ -5½ GM Polgar Judit
GM Anand Viswanathan 5 – 5 GM Baklan Vladimir
GM Guliyev Namig 5 -5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
GM Akobian Varuzhan 5 – 5 GM Ivanchuk Vassily
GM Sasikiran Krishnan 5 – 5 GM Chernin Alexander
IM Zubov Alexander 5 – 5 GM Karpov Anatoly
FM Del Rey Diego 5 -5 GM Krasenkow Michal
GM Sokolov Ivan 5 -5 GM Teske Henrik
GM Barsov Alexei 5 -5 GM Miton Kamil
GM Campora Sivori Daniel H 4½ -4½ GM Grischuk Alexander
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 4½ -4½ GM Bacrot Etienne

Here
is the official website.

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