Comments on: 2007 World Chess Championship (Mexico City)

By: The Chess Drum » Blog Archive » 2008 World Championship (Anand vs. Kramnik)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:12:03 +0000

[...] Over the past few years, a cycle has been devised to unify the crown and Anand is currently the undisputed champion after winning the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City, Mexico. FIDE had designed a structure for the World Championship cycle and this is the second phase. The other part of this phase is a match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky. The winners of the two matches will meet in 2009. [...]

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:35:09 +0000

Closing Ceremonies... very touching!

Video by Europe-Echecs.com

By: ETJ

ETJ — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:12:09 +0000

Bravo to Anand for his undefeated performance at the world championships in Mexico City! I for one was quite pleased to see that Anand won, because he has been one of my favorite top class chess players for several quite a few years! I also like the fact that Anand is a good representative for chess. I mean he seems pretty normal with an eloquent command of several languages, and what seems to be a healthy marriage! I’m sure that the folks back in Anand’s homeland are exceedingly proud of this Son of India!

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:33:49 +0000

Videos of the new World Champion!

Anand-Leko Press Conference after 14th round. (Video by Europe-Echecs.com)

French GM Robert Fontaine interviews Anand. (Video by Europe-Echecs.com)

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:27:21 +0000

Round 14: Saturday, Sept. 29th 2007, 14:00h

Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand - World Champion Photo by ChessBase.com

Peter Svidler 1-0 Alexander Grischuk Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Peter Leko Alexander Morozevich ½-½ Boris Gelfand Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Levon Aronian

Round 14: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round14).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html

Final Standings

1st: Viswanathan Anand, 9-5 2nd-3rd: Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Gelfand, 8-6 4th: Peter Leko, 7-7 5th: Peter Svidler, 6½-7½ 6th-7th: Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian, 6-8 8th: Alexander Grischuk, 5½-8½

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:22:18 +0000

Round 13: Friday, Sept. 28th 2007, 14:00h

Levon Aronian ½-½ Peter Svidler Boris Gelfand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik Peter Leko 1-0 Alexander Morozevich Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Viswanathan Anand (ICC Webcast)

Interesting developments in round 13. In a key game, Anand held a draw against Grischuk in a certainly worse position. As a result of this result combined with the draw in Gelfand-Kramnik, Anand will most likely draw out the tournament and be declared World Champion (once again). Kramnik will then earn a chance of meeting Anand in a widely anticipated match.

Svidler continued his winless pattern drawing with Aronian and Morozevich collapsed against Leko. The standings remain the same... a very disappointed tournament for the Russians since Kramnik will lose his title and the other three Russians are at the bottom of the charts.

Round 13: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round13).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:23:01 +0000

Round 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h Peter Svidler ½-½ Viswanathan Anand Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Alexander Grischuk Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Peter Leko (ICC Webcast) Levon Aronian 0-1 Boris Gelfand

Round 12: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round12).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:18:16 +0000

Round 11: Tuesday, Sept. 25th 2007, 14:00h

Tournament Leader: Viswanathan Anand Photo by chessmexico.com

Boris Gelfand ½-½ Peter Svidler Peter Leko ½-½ Levon Aronian Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik Viswanathan Anand 1-0 Alexander Morozevich

Chess.FM video (nice!)

Round 11: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round11).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:53:14 +0000

Round 10: Monday, Sept. 24th 2007, 14:00h

Anand versus Kramnik: Is this a prelude? Photo by ChessBase.com

Peter Svidler ½-½ Alexander Morozevich Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Viswanathan Anand Levon Aronian 1-0 Alexander Grischuk Boris Gelfand ½-½ Peter Leko

Opening moments of round 10. Video by Europe-Echecs.com

Svidler continues his slide as he seemed on the verge of his first victory. Morozevich apparently had 35...Nxf2!? attempting to trap the queen. Anand and Kramnik ended an exciting encounter in another wild Anti-Moscow variation seen for the third time in this tournament. Anand sacrificed an exchange for two pawns but his king was under heavy pressure. In the final position, perhaps black could play 41...Kb4!? Is this too risky?

Aronian capitalized off of Grischuk's mistakes... one being the Russian's careless handling of the clock. After 10 moves, Grischuk had already used more than an hour. This game ended in a nice mating attack by the Armenian. Gelfand's Catalan was easily neutralized by Leko.

Round 10: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round10).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html

By: Daaim Shabazz

Daaim Shabazz — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:22:50 +0000

Round 9: Sunday, Sept. 23th 2007, 14:00h Peter Leko ½-½ Peter Svidler Alexander Grischuk 1-0 Boris Gelfand Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Levon Aronian Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Vladimir Kramnik (ICC Webcast)

Press Conference: Morozevich and Kramnik discuss 9th round game. Video by Europe-Echecs.com

Round 9: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(round9).htm PGN Games: http://www.thechessdrum.net/palview3/wcc07(allgames).pgn Crosstable: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_WCC1.html