Calatrava Rapid 07

That's Villa de Cañada de Calatrava, but I'm trying to keep titles short. The second edition of this high-powered rapid event is taking place in Spain. The list of players is very impressive and includes Anand, Mamedyarov, Polgar, Shirov, Gelfand, and Ivanchuk. Even Karpov is playing! Grischuk is also at the board for the first time this year. He and Mamedyarov shared first in this event last year. It's nine rounds of g/25' in three days, no increment. The first prize is a considerable 22,000 euros. The results page hasn't been updated but it looks like most of the top seeds have perfect scores after day one. The GM-GM matches didn't start until the third round. TWIC mentions live games but maybe the link isn't up when the games aren't going? Shirov eye-candy below.

There is an open Fischerandom shuffle chess tournament at g/10' this afternoon. Tomorrow there is a 3'+2" blitz tournament. These extra events take place after the last round of the day of the main rapid event so the top players can participate, although they don't always do so. I believe Mamedyarov won just about everything last year, or at least a share.