Linares

Yes, folks... it's been that time of the year again where everyone focuses their attention on Linares.

So far, Svidler and Leko were the quickest off the blocks and have +2.5 lead after 3 rounds. Topalov is unfortunately having a slightly slower start since his opening loss against Svidler.

There's a couple of new chess news out and I'll have hopefully a brief analysis done on one of the Linares rounds.

On the personal side, the last week has been an exercise in frustration. Someone hit my car and it's now in the repair shops for a week. My car insurance company is dragging their feet and I've been ringing their line for the last 2 days. Not a happy gent at the moment.