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The World Championship 2007 is taking place from September 12 to 30 in the Sheraton Centro Histórico Hotel in Mexico City. Eight players are qualified – the tournament is a double round robin. The prize fund is US $1.3 million.
| Round 9: Sunday, Sept. 23th 2007, 14:00h | ||
| Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Alexander Grischuk |
1-0 |
Boris Gelfand |
Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Alexander Morozevich |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
Vishy Anand, at the start of his game against Levon Aronian
What are the other guys playing? Kramnik and Morozevich check the broadcast
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Premonition? Boris Gelfand before the start of his game against Grischuk
Peter Leko playing 3.d4 against Peter Svidler
Kramnik at the start of a fateful game
The two Peters involved in a sharp Sicilian Najdorf
International TV present: Indian Vijay Kumar and a Russian NTV camera man
Packed hall: the Sunday saw much of the hall filled with spectators
Photos by Frederic Friedel in Mexico City
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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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