We finally have decisive results in this World Championship. The top seeds Anand and Kramnik scored full points against Aronian and Morozevich. Anand’s win was quite convincing while Kramnik won a very complicated tactical game with both sides making...
Svidler – Leko LIVE commentary
GM Svidler (2735) – GM Leko (2751) [C89]14.09.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf1...
Gelfand – Grischuk 1/2
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Grischuk (2726) [E15]14.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qd3 Be4 11.Qe3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3...
Aronian – Anand LIVE commentary 0-1
Aronian – Anand 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0–0 Nbd7 13.Qc2 (So far, both sides are cranking out moves at rapid speed....
Kramnik – Morozevich LIVE commentary 1-0
Kramnik – Morozevich 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.0-0 (Kramnik is sacrificing the 2nd pawn. This is typical for the Catalan. White has compensation with strong center, better development and...
Looking ahead toward the finish line
Someone could run away with the World Championship like Topalov did 2 years ago in San Luis. But I think the likely scenario is everything will be decided in the final 2 rounds. Therefore, I find the pairings for...
World Championship Round 2
Round 2 matchups: Levon Aronian – Viswanathan AnandVladimir Kramnik – Alexander MorozevichPeter Svidler – Peter LekoBoris Gelfand – Alexander Grischuk Your prediction? Will there be any decisive result today? Who will score the first win in this World Championship?Here...
More WC coverage information
I will arrive in Mexico City next week. I will be doing some Spanish commentary as well as helping the chief organizer with the media. I will bring to you some exclusive interviews, photos and behind the scene information....
Round 2 preview
I made the artwork kind of red for more decisive results tomorrow 🙂 Are you ready for round 2? Can we expect more fighting? What is your prediction? Here are the matchups: Levon Aronian – Viswanathan Anand (my pick...
World Championship Coverage Information
There are a lot of websites, servers and blogs covering the World Championship. I do LIVE commentary right here on this blog. We just also launched www.ChessDiscussion.com today with free and simple registration. Others which cover the events are:...