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World Chess Championship Tournament 2007. Mexico City - Results and Pairings

World Chess Championship Tournament 2007. Mexico City - Results and Pairings




The World Chess Championship Tournament takes place in Mexico City 13th-30th September 2007.

Official site: http://www.chessmexico.com

Schedule: Opening ceremony 12th Sept 2007. Rounds 1-4 13th-16th Sept 2007: Rounds 5-8 18th-21st Sept 2007: Rounds 9-11 23rd-25th Sept 2007: Rounds 12-14 27th-29th Sept 2007. Tiebreak games if required 30th Sept 2007, along with the closing ceremony. Play starts at 14:00 local time (there is a 6 hour time difference with England making it 8pm over here) tiebreaks a couple of hours earler at 12:00. Prize fund: US$1.3 million.

Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, followed by 15 minutes plus 30 seconds for all the remaining moves (40/2h, 20/1h, 15m+30sec/all).

The draw was 1. Kramnik, 2. Morozevich, 3. Anand, 4. Grishchuk, 5. Leko, 6. Gelfand, 7.Aronian, 8. Svidler.
WCh Mexico City MEX (MEX), 13-29 ix 2007               cat. XXI (2752)
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                                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 
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1 Anand, Viswanathan     g IND 2792 ** == == == 1= =1 1= 1=  9.0  2848
2 Kramnik, Vladimir      g RUS 2769 == ** == =1 == 10 =1 ==  8.0  2799
3 Gelfand, Boris         g ISR 2733 == == ** == == 1= 11 =0  8.0  2804
4 Leko, Peter            g HUN 2751 == =0 == ** == =1 0= =1  7.0  2751
5 Svidler, Peter         g RUS 2735 0= == == == ** 0= == =1  6.5  2725
6 Morozevich, Alexander  g RUS 2758 =0 01 0= =0 1= ** == 01  6.0  2700
7 Aronian, Levon         g ARM 2750 0= =0 00 1= == == ** =1  6.0  2702
8 Grischuk, Alexander    g RUS 2726 0= == =1 =0 =0 10 =0 **  5.5  2675
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Round 1 (September 13, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Gelfand, Boris         1/2   22  C42  Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   23  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   25  E12  Queens Indian Petrosian
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Leko, Peter            1/2   28  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed

Round 2 (September 14, 2007)

Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   27  E04  Catalan
Gelfand, Boris         -  Grischuk, Alexander    1/2   23  E15  Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter         -  Leko, Peter            1/2   43  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Aronian, Levon         -  Anand, Viswanathan     0-1   41  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

Round 3 (September 15, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   65  C42  Petroff's Defence
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   31  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter            -  Gelfand, Boris         1/2  100  C42  Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Svidler, Peter         1-0   37  C45  Scotch Game    

Round 4 (September 16, 2007)

Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Grischuk, Alexander    1/2   60  E06  Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   61  D47  Queens Gambit Meran
Aronian, Levon         -  Leko, Peter            1-0   45  A33  English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter         -  Gelfand, Boris         1/2   24  C42  Petroff's Defence
        
Round 5 (September 18, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Svidler, Peter         1-0   39  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   41  D38  QGD Ragozin
Gelfand, Boris         -  Aronian, Levon         1-0   48  E00  Catalan
Leko, Peter            -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   24  C24  Bishop's Opening

Round 6 (September 19, 2007)

Gelfand, Boris         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   50  E17  Queens Indian
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   41  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Leko, Peter            -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   21  C78  Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Aronian, Levon         -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   22  E06  Catalan

Round 7 (September 20, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   50  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Gelfand, Boris         1/2   40  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter         -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   20  C69  Ruy Lopez Exchange
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Leko, Peter            1/2   60  C45  Scotch Game

Round 8 (September 21, 2007)

Gelfand, Boris         -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   20  E06  Catalan
Leko, Peter            -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   60  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed
Aronian, Levon         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   69  E17  Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter         -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   29  C42  Petroff's Defence

Round 9 (September 23, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   21  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Leko, Peter            -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   29  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Gelfand, Boris         1-0   61  E21  Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1-0   48  A34  English Symmetrical

Round 10 (September 24, 2007)

Gelfand, Boris         -  Leko, Peter            1/2   24  E06  Catalan
Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   41  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Aronian, Levon         -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   42  D30  Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Svidler, Peter         -  Morozevich, Alexander  1/2   44  B17  Caro Kann

Round 11 (September 25, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   56  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris         -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   22  A15  English counter King's Fianchetto
Leko, Peter            -  Aronian, Levon         1/2   56  E15  Queens Indian
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   13  C43  Petroff's Defence

Round 12 (September 27, 2007)

Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Leko, Peter            1-0   39  E06  Catalan
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   42  A28  English Four Knights
Aronian, Levon         -  Gelfand, Boris         0-1   40  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter         -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   22  C88  Ruy Lopez Closed

Round 13 (September 28, 2007)

Gelfand, Boris         -  Kramnik, Vladimir      1/2   26  D47  Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter            -  Morozevich, Alexander  1-0   33  B67  Sicilian Rauzer
Aronian, Levon         -  Svidler, Peter         1/2   46  A29  English Four Knights
Grischuk, Alexander    -  Anand, Viswanathan     1/2   73  D43  Anti-Meran Gambit

Round 14 (September 29, 2007)

Anand, Viswanathan     -  Leko, Peter            1/2   20  C89  Ruy Lopez Marshall
Kramnik, Vladimir      -  Aronian, Levon         1-0   35  E15  Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter         -  Grischuk, Alexander    1-0   42  B90  Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander  -  Gelfand, Boris         1/2   45  C42  Petroff's Defence
   


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