
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
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 |
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Current standings

Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow tomorrow.
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

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