
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
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 |
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Current standings
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
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.

Photo and TV journalists prepare for the arrival of the players

Gérard Demuydt, cameraman for Europe Echecs

Vijay Kumar, who is producing reports for Indian TV

Ali Nihat Yazici, President of the Turkish Chess Federation

Boris Gelfand being checked as he enters the playing hall

Anand goes through security and is spot checked

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

Boris Gelfand at the start of his game against Morozevich

Levon Aronian in his game against Vladimir Kramnik

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
Pictures by Ali Nihat Yazici and Frederic Friedel
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 |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler |
Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Boris Gelfand |
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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 |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler |
Alexander Grischuk |
1-0 |
Alexander Morozevich |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Boris Gelfand |
1-0 |
Levon Aronian |
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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 |
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Round 7: Thursday, Sept. 20th 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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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.
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working day for processing. If you want your Ducats immediately you can order
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