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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.
One by one the players are led to the stage. If you look carefully you will
recognise Peter Leko, Levon Aronian, Alexander Morozevich, Vishy Anand and Vladimir
Kramnik, each behind a child that led them on the stage.
The kids who looked after the players at the opening ceremony
This one got the top seed!
Look who I got! The one that looks like a rock star!
And two more cuties, in charge of Boris Gelfand and Vladimir Kramnik
The Mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo
Ebrard Casaubon addresses the guests
Former and now honorary FIDE President Florencio Campomanes speaks
The man behind this giant event: chief organiser Jorge Saggiante
FIDE dignitaries: Verification Committee Chairman Lakhdar Mazouz, Mrs
Jarrett,
Executive Director David Jarrett, Mrs Peter Rajcsanyi
Vice President William Kelleher and FIDE Legal Adviser Morten Sand
Tumultuous scenes as Anand steps forward to draw his lot
A tough job for journalists – impossible to get a clear shot as Morozevich
approaches
After the drawing of lots the pairings are displayed on a giant screen
Top seed Viswanathan Anand of India (ranked first in the world, rated 2792)
The man to beat (= take the title from): current world champion Vladimir Kramnik
Big Al Grischuk, extremely popular with half the local population
Alexander Morozevich, rated 2758, one of the most original participants
Peter Leko, top Hungarian GM, former world championship challenger
Part of the Leko Brigade: wife Sofi and father-in-law trainer GM Arshak Petrosian
Big, tall Danish grandmaster assisting the Indian player (okay, Peter Heine
Nielsen, Anand's second)
FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong, coming all the way from Singapore
Our reporter and photographer in Mexico: Ali Nihat Yazici, super-active
President of the Turkish Chess Federation
Here are the starting numbers of the players, which resulted in the pairings given below, and the general schedule:
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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.
