At the half way point, Anand has regained the sole lead by defeating Grischuk in a very good game. With the exception of Svidler – Aronian game, everyone fought hard in this round. Aronian is not at his best...
Games from WC round 7
Morozevich, A (2758) – Leko, P (2751) [C45] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Bb3 Qg6 9.0-0 d5 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Qc2 f6 12.Ba4+ c6 13.Nd2 0-0 14.f3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Bb6 16.Rae1...
Arriving at the WC site
After a day of traveling, we finally arrived at the playing site. I immediately met tons of FIDE (Mr. Sand, Vega, Balgabaev, Makropolous, Azmaiparashvili, etc.) and Global Chess officials (Mr. Borg), many old friends and colleagues and Jorge and...
LIVE commentary! You’re in charge!
I am about to embark on the second flight to Mexico City. I realize that the games has just started. Please feel free to discuss and share ideas with each other about these games. Pick the games of your...
Exclusive photos, interviews and information
I am heading to Mexico City later on today. When I am there, I will bring you plenty of exclusive pictures, videos, interviews and information. Some of them will be posted right here on my blog. Others will be...
World Championship Update
Standings after 6 rounds: 1-2 Anand, Gelfand 4.03-4 Kramnik, Grischuk 3.55-6 Leko, Aronian 2.57-8 Morozevich, Svidler 2.0 Here are the pairings for round 7: GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Grischuk AlexanderGM Morozevich Alexander – GM Leko PeterGM Svidler Peter...
Gelfand joins Anand at the top
Gelfand played solidly to hold off Morozevich’s creative ideas and scored a full point. He now ties with Anand as the leader of the 2007 World Championship! Grischuk and Svidler played perhaps the most exciting game of the tournament...
Gelfand – Morozevich LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Morozevich (2758) [E17]19.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.0–0 Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5 16.cxd5...
Grischuk – Svidler LIVE commentary 1/2
Since we have a short draw in the Aronian – Kramnik game ended in a quick draw, I will do commentary on the Grischuk – Svidler game now. GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Svidler (2735) [D43]19.09.2007 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4...