FIDE World Chess Championship 2007

The FIDE World Chess Championship will take place September 12, 2007 in Mexico City.

The 8 players will be:

  • Vladimir Kramnik—the reigning World Champion
  • Viswanathan Anand—joint second place in the 2005 World Championship
  • Peter Svidler—joint second place in the 2005 World Championship
  • Alexander Morozevich—fourth place in the 2005 World Championship
  • Péter Lékó—qualified via the Candidates tournament
  • Boris Gelfand—qualified via the Candidates tournament
  • Levon Aronian—qualified via the Candidates tournament
  • Alexander Grischuk—qualified via the Candidates tournament

My $ is on Kramnik.

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Author:
Greg Keener
Published:
08.24.07 / 11am
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