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 |
Peter Leko |
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Veselin Topalov |
A. Morozevich |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Peter Svidler |
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Michael Adams |
Judit Polgar |
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Vishy Anand |
Games – Report |
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.
Games in progress
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.
Picture gallery
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
Full schedule
Round 1: Wednesday, September 28th |
Peter Leko |
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Veselin Topalov |
A. Morozevich |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Peter Svidler |
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Michael Adams |
Judit Polgar |
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Vishy Anand |
Games – Report |
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Round 2: Thursday, September 29th |
Veselin Topalov |
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Vishy Anand |
Michael Adams |
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Judit Polgar |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko |
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A. Morozevich |
Games – Report |
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Round 3: Friday, September 30th |
A. Morozevich |
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Veselin Topalov |
Peter Svidler |
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Peter Leko |
Judit Polgar |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Vishy Anand |
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Michael Adams |
Games – Report |
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Round 4: Saturday, October 1st |
Veselin Topalov |
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Michael Adams |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Vishy Anand |
Peter Leko |
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Judit Polgar |
A. Morozevich |
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Peter Svidler |
Games – Report |
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Free day: Sunday, October 2nd |
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Round 5: Monday, October 3rd |
Peter Svidler |
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Veselin Topalov |
Judit Polgar |
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A. Morozevich |
Vishy Anand |
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Peter Leko |
Michael Adams |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Games – Report |
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Round 6: Tuesday, October 4th |
Judit Polgar |
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Veselin Topalov |
Vishy Anand |
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Peter Svidler |
Adamas |
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A. Morozevich |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Peter Leko |
Games – Report |
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Round 7: Wednesday, October 5th |
Peter Leko |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Veselin Topalov |
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Michael Adams |
A. Morozevich |
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Vishy Anand |
Peter Svidler |
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Judit Polgar |
Games – Report |
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Round 8: Thursday, October 6th |
Veselin Topalov |
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Peter Leko |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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A. Morozevich |
Michael Adams |
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Peter Svidler |
Vishy Anand |
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Judit Polgar |
Games – Report |
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Free day: Friday, October 7th
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Round 9: Saturday, October 8th |
Vishy Anand |
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Veselin Topalov |
Judit Polgar |
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Michael Adams |
Peter Svidler |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
A. Morozevich |
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Peter Leko |
Games – Report |
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Round 10: Sunday, October 9th |
Veselin Topalov |
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A. Morozevich |
Peter Leko |
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Peter Svidler |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Judit Polgar |
Adamas |
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Vishy Anand |
Games – Report |
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Round 11: Monday, October 10th |
Adamas |
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Veselin Topalov |
Vishy Anand |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Judit Polgar |
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Peter Leko |
Peter Svidler |
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A. Morozevich |
Games – Report |
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Round 12: Tuesday, October 11th |
Veselin Topalov |
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Peter Svidler |
A. Morozevich |
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Judit Polgar |
Peter Leko |
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Vishy Anand |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Michael Adams |
Games – Report |
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Free day: Wednesday, October 12th
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Round 13: Thursday, October 13th |
R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Veselin Topalov |
Michael Adams |
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Peter Leko |
Vishy Anand |
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A. Morozevich |
Judit Polgar |
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Peter Svidler |
Games – Report |
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Round 14: Friday, October 14th |
Veselin Topalov |
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Judit Polgar |
Peter Svidler |
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Vishy Anand |
A. Morozevich |
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Michael Adams |
Peter Leko |
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R. Kasimdzhanov |
Games – Report |
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Tie-breaks: Saturday, October 15th
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