The World Championship 2007 will take place from September 12 to 30 in the Sheraton Centro Histórico Hotel in Mexico City. Eight players are qualified – the tournament will be a double round robin. The prize fund is US $1.3 million.
| Round 1: Thursday, Sept. 13th 2007, 14:00h | ||
| Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Alexander Morozevich |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Boris Gelfand |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow tomorrow.
There were 7500 visitors on the Playchess server, where GM Yasser Seirawan was doing audio commentary on the games. At the same time we had a special guest providing video commentary.
Above is Yasser Seirawan doing a great job explaining ideas and plans in the games. There are a minimum of three one-hour lectures per round, beginning approximately thirty minutes after play has started. For a charge of ten Ducats (about one Euro) a visitor gets a twelve hour pass to listen to Yasser's live lectures.
The special guest was former FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov, who together with IM Oliver Reeh (on the left in the image above) did live audio and video commentary. However, it was in German. Rustam has lived for three years in this country and speaks the language not just well, but fluently, elegantly and with full idiomatic command. This broadcast is free.
Vladimir Kramnik at the start of his game against Peter Svidler
Peter Svidler facing his friend and opponent in a round one game with black
Muy, muy tired: Boris Gelfand before his black game against Anand
The Armenian battle force: Levon Aronian in white with black against Morozevich
Alexander Morozevich facing a Queen's Indian against Aronian
Alexander Grischuk, with white against Peter Leko
Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler analyse after their game
The reigning world champion ponders what went right and wrong in this game
Alexander Grischuk and Peter Leko analysing
Levon Aronian and Alexander Morozevich in their press conference
Cheer up Jorge, everything went fine! Spiritus rector of the world championship
Jorge Saggiante
All pictures from Mexico provided by Ali Nihat Yazici
Impressions from the openings
ceremony in Mexico
The drawing of lots for the pairings
A short visit to the playing hall
Videos provided from Mexico by Europe Echecs
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Playchess commentator GM Yasser Seirawan
The games of the World Championship 2007, which start at 14:00h local time (check the time in your location here), will be broadcast live on the official site and on Playchess.com server, where there will be daily live audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, with a minimum of three one hour lectures per round, beginning approximately thirty minutes after play has started. For a charge of ten Ducats (about one Euro) a visitor gets a twelve hour pass to listen to the live lectures.
Ducats are the currency used on Playchess.com. You can purchase Ducats here. The amount will be credited to your playchess.com account. You need to allow one working day for processing. If you want your Ducats immediately you can order them using our Click&Buy service. Ducats can also be used to buy ChessBase products. Note that you can also purchase Ducats directly from Fritz or the Playchess client using the menu "Edit – Payments – Fill up account". This takes you to a special purchase page with your account name automatically passed on, to simplify the process. |
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