* At the 12-game match for the World Chess Champion title between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia:
- Kramnik, playing White, won the second tiebreak. The current score after two tiebreaks is 1.5:0.5 in favor of the Russian. The title will be decided on Friday.
* At the $2.34-million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia (through October 15):
Women's singles:
- Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the semifinals with a win on walkover over compatriot and No.2-seed Maria Sharapova
- No.5-seed Nadezhda Petrova advanced to the semifinals, beating compatriot Vera Zvonaryova 7-5, 6-1
- Yelena Vesnina failed to advanve to the quarterfinals, losing to top-seed Amelie Mauresmo (France) 7-5, 3-6, 6-7
Women's doubles:
- Vera Dushevina and Maria Kirilenko advanced to the semifinals after compatriots Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadezhda Petrova retired in the second set due to illness
- Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to Shahar Peer (Israel) and Mara Santangelo (Italy) 4-6, 6-7
Men's singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the semifinals, beating Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-3, 7-5
- Marat Safin advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Daniele Bracciali (Italy) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
* Men's handball team Chekhovskiye Medvedy Chekhov lost to SG Flensburg-Handewitt (Germany) 29:34 away in European Champions League's qualifying Group D
Group B standings:
1 SG Flensburg-Handewitt - 3 games/6 points
2 Chekhovskiye Medvedy - 3/2
3 Zagreb (Croatia) - 2/2
4 Metalurg Skopje (Macedonia) - 2/0
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Salavat Yulayev Ufa - Vityaz Podolsk - 2:1
Khimik Voskresensk - HK MVD Tver - 2:0
Krylya Sovietov Moscow - Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 3:4 (OT)
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Severstal Cherepovets - 3:2
Lada Tolyatty - CSKA Moscow - 2:3
Avangard Omsk - Dinamo Moscow - 5:2
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 14 games/35 points/goal difference +34
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 13/29/+10
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 14/28/+15
3 Avangard Omsk - 14/26/+9
5 HK MVD Tver - 14/23/+5
6 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 13/22/+3
7 Vityaz Podolsk - 14/22/-4
8 CSKA Moscow - 14/20/+3
9 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 13/19/-1
10 Lada Tolyatty - 13/19/+3
11 Dinamo Moscow - 14/18/-6
12 SKA St. Petersburg - 13/16/-1
13 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 14/16/-7
14 Severstal Cherepovets - 14/15/-13
15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 13/14/-1
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 13/14/-12
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 13/13/-9
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 13/10/-15
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 13/9/-13
* Russian men's basketball SuperLeague results and standings:
Dinamo Moscow Region - Spartak St. Petersburg - 81:73
Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - Dinamo Moscow - 76:84
1 Spartak-Primorye - 2 games/4 points
2 Dinamo Moscow - 2/3
3 UNICS Kazan - 1/2
4 Dinamo Moscow Region - 1/2
5 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 1/2
6 Khimky Moscow Region - 1/1
7 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 1/1
8 Spartak St. Petersburg - 1/1
9 CSK VVS Samara - 1/1
10 Standard Samara Region - 1/1
11-13 CSKA Moscow - 0/0
11-13 Ural-Great Perm - 0/0
11-13 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 0/0
