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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 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h | ||
Peter Svidler |
Viswanathan Anand | |
Alexander Morozevich |
Alexander Grischuk | |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Leko | |
Levon Aronian |
Boris Gelfand | |
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
Special guest today: Russia's ambassador to Mexico, Valery I. Morozov
Chatting with the chief organiser Jorge Saggiante
The ambassador starts the clock in a critical game in round twelve
Anand faces Peter Svidler with the black pieces
Anand's closest rival, Boris Gelfand, begins his black game against Aronian
in the background
Levon Aronian facing a tough and determined opponent in Boris Gelfand
Peter Svidler in his game against Vishy Anand
Calm and collected: Anand in his antepenultimate game of the event
Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik in the press conference after their game
Paul German of the organisation moderates the press conference with Grischuk
and Morozevich
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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