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 8: Friday, Sept. 21st 2007, 14:00h | ||
Peter Svidler |
Vladimir Kramnik | |
Levon Aronian |
Alexander Morozevich | |
Boris Gelfand |
Viswanathan Anand | |
Peter Leko |
Alexander Grischuk | |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
The venue of the world championship in Mexico City
Guest of honour in round eight: former women's world champion Susan Polgar,
with the main sponsors and organisers Veronica and Jorge Saggiante
Talking to arbiter Dr Genden Altanoch from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia
Games under way, with Grischuk vs Leko in fron, Kramnik vs Svidler in the background
Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Svidler from a different perspective
Alexander Morezevich vs Levon Aronian (with Boris Gelfand in the background)
The leaders: Vishy Anand playing black against Boris Gelfand
Anand determined to keep the lead, Gelfand eager to catch the Indian GM
The round under way, with Gelfand, Aronian, Morozevich, Kramnik and Grischuk
on the stage
Guess who scored the point: Leko and Grischuk in the press conference after
their game
The winner of the day: Hungarian GM Peter Leko
Photos by Frederic Friedel in Mexico City
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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.
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