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 2: Friday, Sept. 14th 2007, 14:00h | ||
Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko | |
Boris Gelfand |
Alexander Grischuk | |
Levon Aronian |
Viswanathan Anand | |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Alexander Morozevich | |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow tomorrow.
Before the start of round two: board, pieces, clock and flags all neatly
set up
The game of the day? The astronomic rating points say it all
Alexander Girschuk being checked by security when entering
Vladimir Kramnik is checked, no cables found
India's Vishy Anand at the start of round two (in the background: Al Grischuk)
... and facing his Armenian opponent Levon Aronian
And what sould you do if I play this? Alexander Morozevich vs Vladimir Kramnik
Will he make it? The world champion defending his title in Mexico City
The two Peters face each other in round two (the Alexanders duke it out in round
five)
Start of round two (video provided
by Vijay Kumar)
Interview with Ali Nihat Yazici
on the world championship
Videos by Vijay Kumar, pictures by Ali Nihat Yazici
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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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