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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 6: Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007, 14:00h | ||
Alexander Grischuk |
Peter Svidler | |
Peter Leko |
Viswanathan Anand | |
Boris Gelfand |
Alexander Morozevich | |
Levon Aronian |
Vladimir Kramnik | |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
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
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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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