World Championship 2007 Mexico

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 six express report

Current standings

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Pictures from round six

First daylight in Mexico City: the view from our 15th storey hotel window

Before the round organiser Jorge Saggiante shows us that even the chairs of the exquisite French-made playing equipment have serial numbers.

Anand takes his place at the board and ritually adjusts his pieces

Behind the Indian flag: Peter Leko plays 1.e4 against Vishy Anand

The Russians are there: Alex Grischuk from Moscow, Peter Svidler from St. Petersburg

Vladimir Kramnik at the start of his game against Levon Aronian

Round six of the world championship under way in Mexico

The hero of the day: Boris Gelfand being interviewed by Russian chess journalist Yuriy Vasiliev

In the lead with Vishy Anand: Israeli GM Boris Gelfand

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Full Schedule and Results (first half)

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 Games – Report	Round 2: Friday, Sept. 14th 2007, 14:00h Peter Svidler  ½-½  Peter Leko Boris Gelfand  ½-½  Alexander Grischuk Levon Aronian  0-1  Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik  1-0  Alexander Morozevich Games – Report
Round 3: Saturday, Sept. 15th 2007, 14:00h Alexander Morozevich  1-0  Peter Svidler Viswanathan Anand  ½-½  Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk  ½-½  Levon Aronian Peter Leko  ½-½  Boris Gelfand Games – Report	Round 4: Sunday, Sept 16th 2007, 14:00h Peter Svidler     Boris Gelfand Levon Aronian     Peter Leko Vladimir Kramnik     Alexander Grischuk Alexander Morozevich     Viswanathan Anand Games – Report
Free day: Monday, Sept. 17th 2007	Round 5: Tuesday, Sept. 18th 2007, 14:00h Viswanathan Anand  1-0  Peter Svidler Alexander Grischuk  1-0  Alexander Morozevich Peter Leko  ½-½  Vladimir Kramnik Boris Gelfand  1-0  Levon Aronian Games – Report
Round 6: Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007, 14:00h Alexander Grischuk  ½-½  Peter Svidler Peter Leko  ½-½  Viswanathan Anand Boris Gelfand  1-0  Alexander Morozevich Levon Aronian  ½-½  Vladimir Kramnik Games – Report	Round 7: Thursday, Sept. 20th 2007, 14:00h Peter Svidler     Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik     Boris Gelfand Alexander Morozevich     Peter Leko Viswanathan Anand     Alexander Grischuk Games – Report

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Live coverage by Yasser Seirawan on Playchess

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.

Links

• Official World Championship web site – also available in Spanish
• Full overview on the world championship schedule (ChessBase)
• All ChessBase reports on the World Championship 2007

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