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Alexander Grischuk of Russia won the Linares Chess Tournament, 2009. All the final round games were drawn. Grischuk drew his game against Aronian and Ivanchuk tried hard but had to be satisfied with a draw against Dominguez Perez of Cuba. Grischuk finished ahead of Ivanchuk due to the tie break which rewards more wins. Grischuk had 3 wins against 2 by Ivanchuk. Magnus Carlsen of Norway finished third while India's World Champion V Anand finished fourth. Final Standings 1. Grischuk, Alexander 8 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 8 3. Carlsen, Magnus 7.5 4. Anand, Viswanathan 7 5. Wang Yue 6.5 6. Radjabov, Teimour 6.5 7. Aronian, Levon 6.5 8. Dominguez Perez, Leinier 6

After the Las Palmas game, Kramnik and Anand next met at the board at Belgrade in 1997. Anand had to win this game to even their head to head score. Click here for the Key moments and to view the game

Kramnik has a head to head edge over Anand in the Classical games. Anand is clearly much stronger in Rapid games. Updated to include 9 games of the ongoing World Championship Match. Classical Games 60 games, 47 draws Anand +1 (7 wins, 6 losses) Rapid 46 games, 34 draws Anand + 8 (10 wins, 2 losses) Blitz 8 games, 4 draws Blindfold 13 games, 6 draws Kramnik +1 (4 wins, 3 losses) Advanced Chess 8 games, 7 draws Kramnik +1 (1 win)

Live chess ratings Magnus Carlsen is closing in on Vishy Anand towards the World No. 1 chess ranking. His live chess rating is now 2796.3 while Anand is at 2798. Ivanchuck, Morozevich, and Topalov are World no. 3, 4, and 5. Top Ten live chess players 01 Anand 2798 02 Carlsen 2796.3 03 Ivanchuk 2791.5 04 Morozevich 2788 05 Topalov 2777 06 Kramnik 2772.9 07 Leko 2746.0 08 Shirov 2745.3 09 Radjabov 2744.0 10 Mamedyarov 2740.8

World champion Vishy Anand leads after the fifth round of the Morelia Linares chess tournament. Standings after 5th round: 1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 3½ 2892 2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 3 2836 3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2755 2½ 2760 4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 2½ 2742 5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 2½ 2767 6. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 2 2692 7. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 2 2682 8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 2 2676

The eagerly awaited annual Morelia Linares chess tournament of 2008 starts this week. Players are: V Anand 2799 V Topalov 2780 A Shirov 2755 P Leko 2753 V Ivanchuk 2751 L Aronian 2739 T Radjabov 2735 M Carlsen 2733 We will try to give some live comments as the tourney progresses.

Gata Kamsky of USA held on to his lead against Alexei Shirov of Spain in the finals of World Cup Chess 2007 being held at Khanty Mansiysk. The final is a four game affair with normal time, then rapid, blitz games to break a tie. Today's drawn game: The winner here meets Veselin Topalov for a chance to challenge the winner of Anand and Kramnik. The results so far are as follows: Game 1 - Draw after a brief struggle. Shirov cannot break the solid Kamsky's defence. Game 2- Kamsky wins a thrilling game which could have swung either way. Shirov had chances only if Kamsky made minor errors but Kamsky displayed his strength of will to prevail Game 3- Is again a draw. Shirov tries for 41 moves before the peace treaty is signed. Tomorrow, Shirov must win with black pieces to tie the match and move to the tie-breaks. On current form, Kamsky is expected to at least draw and hang to his lead and hence win the title, but with the Alexei "Fire on the board" Shirov, you never can be...