Mexico R02: Anand draws first blood, Kramnik beats Morozevich

World Championship 2007 Mexico

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 two express report

Current standings

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Pictures and videos from round two

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

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)

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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     Peter Svidler Viswanathan Anand     Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk     Levon Aronian Peter Leko     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     Peter Svidler Alexander Grischuk     Alexander Morozevich Peter Leko     Vladimir Kramnik Boris Gelfand     Levon Aronian Games – Report
Round 6: Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007, 14:00h Peter Svidler     Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik     Boris Gelfand Alexander Morozevich     Peter Leko Viswanathan Anand     Alexander Grischuk Games – Report	Round 7: Thursday, Sept. 20th 2007, 14:00h Alexander Grischuk     Peter Svidler Peter Leko     Viswanathan Anand Boris Gelfand     Alexander Morozevich Levon Aronian     Vladimir Kramnik 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.

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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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