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The relentless march of the Chinese chess players cannot go unnoticed any longer. They were always climbing up in Fide's top nations charts. Just imagine, 4 players at or above 2700 and an amazingly talented girl. When did we last see this kind of a rise by any country ? China is now No. 3 when you count the top 10. How far will they go ? In the April list, the top Chinese were: Open Bu Xiangzhi 2708 Ni Hua 2703 Wang Yue 2689 (Definitely above 2700 in the next list) Wang Hao 2684 Women Xie Jun 2574 Hou Yifan 2549 (and still climbing fast) Zhao Xue 2523

Francisco Vallejo Pons won the Cuidad de Pamplona chess event. In a rather short tournament, he edged ahead of Wang Yue and Jobava Baadur by half a point to win the title. Beliavsky and Movsesian were winners today over Rodshtein and Khamrakulov respectively. Vallejo Pons vs Wange Yue, the very strong pairing was drawn. Results of Round 7: GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 1 - 0 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ½ - ½ GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 1 - 0 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 ½ - ½ GM WANG, Yue 2703 Final Standings after Round 7 Vallejo Pons - 4.5 Wang Yue, Jobava Baadur - 4 Beliavsky, Movsesian - 3.5 Rodshtein, Sargissian - 3 Khamrakulov - 2.5

Six rounds of the Pamplona chess tournament have been completed. The leaders are: 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco 4 2. Jobava, Baadur 3½ 3. Wang Yue 3½ 4. Khamrakulov, Ibragim 3½ 5. Rodshtein, Maxim 3 6. Movsesian, Sergei 2½ 7. Beliavsky, Alexander 2½ 8. Sargissian, Gabriel 1½

Vallejo Pons continues to lead after the fourth round of the Pamplona chess tournament 2007. Standings after Round 4. 1. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2660 3 2. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2646 2½ 3. Wang Yue g CHN 2703 2 4. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2670 2 5. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2644 2 6. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2615 2 7. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S g ESP 2604 1½ 8. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2673 1

The first round of the CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA tournament started with a well-deserved win for veteran Alexander Beliavsky against Gabriel Sargissian. Beliavsky capitalized on an early advantage to prevail against Sargissian. The other winner was local favorite Francisco Vallejo Pons against the last seed, Ibragim Khamrakulov. Top seed Wang Yue of China was held to a draw by promising Maxim Rodshtein of Israel. CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - MAGISTRAL Round 1 on 2007/12/22 SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg 1 GM WANG, Yue 2703 ½ - ½ GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 2 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 0 - 1 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 3 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 ½ - ½ GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 4 GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 1 - 0 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 Round 2 Pairings 2007/12/23 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 - GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 - GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 - GM JOBAVA, Baadur GM WANG, Yue 2703 - GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604