Game 7 started as a Queen's Gambit Accepted and ended 60 moves later when Topalov offered a draw. The match score now stands at Topalov 3 Kramnik 4 with five games to go. Game 8 is tomorrow--watch it here. In off-board developments, Topalov's manager, Silvio Danilov, points out the percentage correlation between Kramnik's moves during the match and the preferred moves of Fritz 9 in the same positions. Is this psychological warfare, a blatant accusation of cheating or both?
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After 1.e4 e5 1. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 "Siegbert Tarrasch called 4 Ng5 'ein stumper zug'--a beginner's move. White has developed two pieces and proceeds to crudely attack with them--obviously not correct strategy. But Steinitz believed otherwise and more recent opinion seems to be mixed on this subject." So writes Nick de Firmian in his colossal work Modern Chess Openings: 14th Edition. Come to the George Cunningham Chess Club this week and decide for yourself at the Fried Liver Attack Tournament.
The relief was palpable as Vladimir Kramnik approached the board, shook hands with his opponent, sat down and played 1. ...d5 to begin Game 6 of the World Chess Championship Match. After four days of tumultous uncertainty stemming from Topalov's accusations of cheating and continuing with Kramnik's refusal to play Game 5, it was great to see the FIDE Champion and the Classical Chess World Champion again push the pieces in this long-awaited reunification match. The drawn game was a fairly benign 31-move Slav.
The World Chess Championship Match will resume October 2 at 7:00 a.m. Eastern. The Match will restart with Game 6; the score being 3-2 in favor of Kramnik. FIDE President Ilyumzhinov has appointed a new Appeals Committee that has arrived in Elista. Watch Game 6 here via our 
Former FIDE presidential candidate, Bessel Kok and chess journalist and webmaster of the popular chess site 
The Stillwater Montessori School Chess Club in Old Town begins its academic year meetings this Wednesday, October 4th. The Club will meet every Wednesday when school is in session from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Chess players who are in K-8 are especially invited to attend but players of all ages and abilities are welcome.
After the first round of negotiations with both teams, the FIDE President answered questions from journalists and provided the chess community with his comments on the status of the match. He stated that both parties are ready to continue the match. However, one of the stumbling blocks is the score: Will it be 3:2 or 3:1?
The Fall Chess Challenge, a K-12 Chess Tournament, will take place on Saturday, October 14th at the Cape Elizabeth Pond Cove School Cafetorium. This is the first in a series of chess tournaments hosted by the Cape Elizabeth Chess Boosters and Cape Elizabeth Community Services. The tournament will be a round robin event with trophies to all participants.
In overnight developments, the FIDE President has accepted the proposal from Cheif Arbiter Geurt Gijssen to postpone today's game and has stated there will be a game tomorrow. He has also written a letter to both players asking them to come together to reach an agreement. We will keep you posted as things progress.
