Poikovsky Tournament underway
Top seed Alexei Shirov (pictured) heads the lineup of this 10-man round-robin tournament being held in Russia between 8-17 July. The tournament website can be found here (in Russian only), but beware - there are some unconfirmed reports that it may harbour computer viruses, so please take sensible precautions.
The full line up is:
| Shirov, Alexei (ESP) | 2741 |
| Gashimov, Vugar (AZE) | 2717 |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry (RUS) | 2709 |
| Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) | 2699 |
| Wang Hao (CHN) | 2691 |
| Bologan, Viktor (MDA) | 2686 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) | 2675 |
| Volokitin, Andrei (UKR) | 2672 |
| Onischuk, Alexander (USA) | 2670 |
| Sutovsky, Emil (ISR) | 2654 |
Current standings after round 2:
| 1 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2709 | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1½ |
| 2 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2699 | . | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1½ |
| 3 | Wang Hao | CHN | 2691 | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1½ |
| 4 | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2670 | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 |
| 5 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2741 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| 6 | Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2654 | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| 7 | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2686 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | 1 |
| 8 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2672 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ |
| 9 | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2717 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ |
| 10 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2675 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | ½ |
