
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 twelve express report
Round 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Svidler |
½-½
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Viswanathan Anand |
Alexander Morozevich |
1-0
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Alexander Grischuk |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0
|
Peter Leko |
Levon Aronian |
0-1
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Boris Gelfand |
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Current standings
Full chess commentary by GM Mihail Marin will follow
Picture gallery

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
Full Schedule and Results (second half)
Round 8: Friday, Sept. 21st 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich |
Boris Gelfand |
½-½ |
Viswanathan Anand |
Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Alexander Grischuk |
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Free
day: Saturday, Sept. 22nd 2007 |
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Round 9: Sunday, Sept. 23th 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Alexander Grischuk |
1-0 |
Boris Gelfand |
Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Alexander Morozevich |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Round 10: Monday, Sept. 24th 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Viswanathan Anand |
Levon Aronian |
1-0 |
Alexander Grischuk |
Boris Gelfand |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
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Round 11: Tuesday, Sept. 25th 2007, 14:00h |
Boris Gelfand |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Viswanathan Anand |
1-0 |
Alexander Morozevich |
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Free
day: Wednesday, Sept. 26th 2007 |
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Round 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Viswanathan Anand |
Alexander Morozevich |
1-0 |
Alexander Grischuk |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Peter Leko |
Levon Aronian |
0-1 |
Boris Gelfand |
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Round 13: Friday, Sept. 28th 2007, 14:00h |
Levon Aronian |
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Peter Svidler |
Boris Gelfand |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Leko |
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Alexander Morozevich |
Alexander Grischuk |
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Viswanathan Anand |
Games – Report |
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Round 14: Saturday, Sept. 29th 2007, 14:00h |
Peter Svidler |
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Alexander Grischuk |
Viswanathan Anand |
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Peter Leko |
Alexander Morozevich |
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Boris Gelfand |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Levon Aronian |
Games – Report |
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Sunday, Sept. 30th 2007
Possible tiebreaks, closing ceremony
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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.
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