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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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2 Responses to “FIDE World Chess Championship 2007”

  1. Jeffrey Says:
    February 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    My $ had been on Kramnik as well! Though after Corus, I'm pretty sure that Anand will retain the title even after the 2008 World Chess Championship match.

  2. tricyclethief Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    I disagree. Kramnik is a better match player- at least that’s what I read on all the chess blogs. Kramnik beat kasparov in a match, kasparov smoked anand with the sicilian dragon. Either way though, it will be our version of the super bowl- I wish it were televised. We have to come home and play through all the games at night and smoke cigarettes and delve into the adjourned positions. It’s going to go on for a month at least.

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