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Garry Kasparov will be the guest of honour at the Corsican circuit 2008 where he will play against the top players from Corsica on 26th October. The Euro 100, 000 circuit will attract players like Mamedyarov, Bacrot, Bologon, Tiviakov, Tregubov, and Milov. Kasparov is also expected to attend a press conference on 27th October at Ajaccio.

Zoltan Almasi of Hungary won the Reggio Emilia tournament of 2008. He finished half a point clear of three others who were tied at 5.5 points. Almasi garnered 6 points out of a possible 9. The local favorite, Godena, finished at the bottom with 3 points. Final standings after round 9: Almasi - 6 Gashimov, Ni Hua, Harikrishna - 5.5 Landa - 4.5 Korchnoi, Navara - 4 Tiviakov, Marin - 3.5 Godena - 3

There are four leaders now at the top at the Reggio Emilia chess tournament 2007 - 2008. Harikrishna beat everybody's favorite whipping boy in this tournament, Navara. One suspects Navara is a bit lacking in confidence in this tournament. Hope he soon starts fighting back as he is capable of. Harikrisha's comeback after his first round loss to Almasi is already impressive. It bodes well for him for the near future where he will play in the GM Group B section of the Corus Chess Championship at Wijk aan Zee, which starts after Reggio Emilia. Tiviakov beat another favorite whipping boy, Godena while Ni Hua held Korchnoi to a draw. Godena obviously walked into Tiviakov's preparation in a French Defence game. He was slowly ground to his defeat. Standings after Round 4: Zoltan Almasi, Vugar Gashimov, Konstantin Landa, P Harikrishna - 2.5 Ni Hua, Mihail Marin, Sergei Tiviakov, Godena, David Navara - 2

Konstantin Landa and Vugar Gashimov joined overnight leader, Zoltan Almasi at the Reggio Emilia chess tournament. They have collected 2 points each out of the possible 3. The tournament is a very strong one and even Navara, who was recently above 2700 is in the last place with just one point. Landa beat Marin and Gashimov beat Navara (with black pieces). The remaining games were drawn. Standings after round 3: Almasi, Landa, Gashimov - 2 Korchnoi, Ni Hua, Harikrishna, Marin - 1.5 Tiviakov, Godena, Navara - 1

Harikrishna beat in form Godena in the second round of the Reggio Emilia tournament. All the other games were drawn. Results of second round: Gashimov vs Ni Hua 0.5 - 0.5 Korchnoi vs Almasi 0.5 - 0.5 Marin vs Navara 0.5 - 0.5 P Harikrishna vs Godena 1-0 Tiviakov vs Landa 0.5 - 0.5