Kramnik (Russia) Anand (India) Svidler (Russia) Morozevich (Russia) Aronian (Armenia) Leko (Hungary) Gelfand (Israel) Grischuk (Russia) Which players will finish in the top 3? Who will win it all? Will it be Anand, Aronian or Kramnik? Chess Daily News...
Rublevsky or Grischuk?
Picture by Frederic Friedel and ChessBase After 6 games, GM Grischuk and GM Rublevsky are in a dead lock at 3-3. They will play a 4-game rapid playoff later today to determine the final spot in the World Championship...
World Championship in Mexico City
Event dates: September 12 – October 1, 2007 Location: Mexico City, MexicoVenue: Sheraton Centro Histórico Hotel (official website)AVENIDA JUAREZ 70COLONIA CENTROMEXICO CITY, 06010 MEXICO Prize fund: US$1.3 millionFormat: Eight player double round-robin Here are the sponsors of the World...
The road to Mexico City
A delegation from FIDE led by Deputy President George Makropoulos visited Mexico City last week for an inspection visit regarding the forthcoming World Championship tournament to be held there this September. Mr Makropoulos was accompanied by Continental President for...
Coverage of the Candidates’ Matches
The road to Mexico City takes another step forward today as 16 players will compete for the final 4 spots to join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich. I will cover the candidates’ matches extensively right here. Many games will...
Candidates’ Matches start tomorrow!
The 16 Grandmasters who will participate in the Candidates Matches are: 01. Levon Aronian (ARM)02. Peter Leko (HUN)03. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)04. Boris Gelfand (ISR)05. Etienne Bacrot (FRA)06. Alexander Grischuk (RUS)07. Judit Polgar (HUN)08. Alexei Shirov (ESP)09. Michael Adams (ENG)10....
Most Intriguing Matchups?
GM Aronian – GM Carlsen GM Shirov – GM Adams GM Gelfand – GM Kasimdzhanov GM Bacrot – GM KamskyGM Grischuk – GM Malakhov GM Ponomariov – Rublevsky GM J. Polgar – GM Bareev GM Leko – Gurevich Which...
It’s Kamsky time!
It’s your move Posted April 29 2007Florida Sun SentinelBy Bill Cornwall Kamsky’s Way: Four weeks from now, 16 fearsome grandmaster challengers will face off in Elista, Russia, in a series of elimination matches leading toward the World Championship. American...
The FAIREST system?
Anand stated that he would like to see tournament format for the World Championships. I am sure that Kramnik would prefer matches. Topalov would excel in tournament format as well. In this case, would it be fair to go...
Charter planes for the WC candidates
FIDE just made this announcement on the official FIDE website: Charter flight from Moscow to Elista The Organizing Committee of the Candidates Matches for the 2007 World Championship Tournament informs that a charter flight for participants, their accompanying persons,...