The World Chess Championship in San Luis begins today, September 28, 2005, in San Luis, Argentina. The pairings have been published and the first round will see the following four encounters:
Round 1: Wednesday, September 28th |
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| Peter Leko |
Veselin Topalov | |
A. Morozevich |
R. Kasimdzhanov | |
Peter Svidler |
Michael Adams | |
Judit Polgar |
Vishy Anand | |
Games – Report |
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The
games start at 15:00h local time in Argentina, which is 2 p.m. in New York,
7 p.m. in Britain and 20:00h in continental Europe. The exact times for your
region of the world can be found here.
You can watch the games at the official site (link at the bottom of the page), or on the Playchess.com server. There we have arranged a live broadcast, with audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan (picture) and IM Andrew Martin. On each day of play one of these two commentators will appear periodically in the Playchess broadcast room and talk the audience through what is happining in San Luis.
A full schedule is given at the bottom of the page.
22:00h: The live coverage on Playchess is breaking all records. 30-40 GMs watching the games, including Garry Kasparov, who had just got back from a round-the-world trip (last stop: Vladivostok) and who is predicting two decided games (Anand would win, Leko-Topalov would be decided). Yasser Seirawan is doing amazing commentary, discussing the games with the public, who are working with chess engines (Yasser is using only human brain).
Fritz 9 users are experiencing something really cool: when you load all four games they do not appear in separate windows, but are displayed in multiple boards in a single window.
You can click on any game to transfer the focus of the notation and engine window. More about these new features when Fritz 9 is closer to production. The delivery date for the English version is October 31.
The railway station of San Luis
Last to arrive in San Luis: Aruna and Vishy Anand, by plane
Peter Leko with his wife Sofia
Judit Polgar with Rustam Kasimdzhanov
The Hotel Potrero de los Funes, located directly next to the lake
Lounging on the deck in the beautiful Argentinian spring sunshine
The press center, also with a view of the lake
Press conference at the start of the event, with the FIDE president and the
Governor
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in a good mood ta the press conference
(in the background are the two Peters: Svidler and Leko)
Preparing for the opening ceremony
Can you guess what this contraption is? Solution lower down on this page.
The playing venue, with the audience on all sides
We hear that the seats are loud since they snap back when people stand up. There are about 100 people in the audience today in round one. They will have to each learn to arise from their seats more carefully.
The openings presentation
With dancers – no, it is not Kasim, just someone who looks vaguely like
him
In the end fireworks over the lake, fired from the barge shown above
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