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Anand again has the white pieces against Kramnik in the 7th round of the lopsided World Chess Championship. Is it all over? Even a draw as the match progresses towards its end, is bad for Kramnik. Yet, Kramnik is not even able to draw comfortably, forget winning! Nigel Short called the consecutive whites "another of FIDE's quirks" on one of the Chess servers. Some facts before this game: -- Kramnik has never beaten Anand with black -- Kramnik lost the match against Shirov in 1998 with -3, but never lost two games in a row. -- Kramnik has come back in matches, but never from such a huge deficit

The Category XXII Super GM Grand Slam Chess Final Masters started at Bilbao. Magnus Carlsen is two points ahead of the field by virtue of his win against Aronian. Usually a 2 point margin is almost a tournament win. But at Bilbao, it is different because 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 point for a draw. The winner gets 150,000 Euros. Anand escaped a clever onslaught by Ivanchuk and finally escaped with a draw. Even the usually volcanic Topalov could not create anything exciting. Elsewhere on the live ratings, Carlsen has once again moved to the 2nd spot. We've had Morozevich running away impossibly in the first half of the Tal Memorial and actually tasting the World No. 1 spot (for a day). Carlsen and Ivanchuk have been close. Its really very interesting to watch. FIDE has to watch out ! Updated ratings once every three months may not be enough anymore !