Schachweltmeisterschaft 2007
The World Chess Championship 2007 is an eight-player, double round robin tournament being held in Mexico City, from September 12 2007 to September 30 2007. Vladimir Kramnik has acknowledged that the winner of this tournament will be the new World Chess Champion.[1]
After 11 of the 14 rounds, Viswanathan Anand leads with 7.5 points, ahead of second placed Boris Gelfand who has 6.0 points.
Participants
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - reigning World Champion
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - joint second place in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - joint second place in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - fourth place in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - qualified via the Candidates Tournament
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - qualified via the Candidates Tournament
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - qualified via the Candidates Tournament
- Vorlage:Flagathlete - qualified via the Candidates Tournament
Qualification process
The top four finishers of the 2005 FIDE World Championship event were granted direct entry into the 2007 event. However, Veselin Topalov (FIDE World Chess Champion 2005) was replaced by Vladimir Kramnik (Classical World Chess Champion) after losing his unification match to him in the 2006 World Championship.
Four further players qualified through the 2005-07 qualification process, which consisted of three stages:
- Continental championships
- 2005 World Cup
- 2007 Candidates Tournament
2005 World Cup
The 2005 World Cup, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, was the qualification for the Candidates tournament. It was a knockout tournament of mini-matches, in the style of the FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004. However, once 16 players were left, they were no longer immediately eliminated, but played further mini-matches to establish places 1 through 16.
The top finishers were:[2] [3]
Vorlage:Col-begin Vorlage:Col-break
- 1. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 2. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 3. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 4. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 5. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 6. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 7. Vorlage:Flagathlete
- 8. Vorlage:Flagathlete
Vorlage:Col-break
9. Vorlage:Flagathlete
10. Vorlage:Flagathlete
11. Vorlage:Flagathlete
12. Vorlage:Flagathlete
13. Vorlage:Flagathlete
14. Vorlage:Flagathlete
15. Vorlage:Flagathlete
16. Vorlage:Flagathlete
Vorlage:Col-end
2007 Candidates Tournament
One place in the Candidates Tournament was reserved for 2004 FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Five places were then awarded to the top five players by FIDE rating (average of July 2004 and January 2005 ratings) who had not already qualified: these were Péter Lékó, Michael Adams, Judit Polgár, Alexei Shirov and Étienne Bacrot.[4] The remaining ten places went to the highest finishers at the 2005 FIDE World Cup who had not otherwise qualified.
The Candidates tournament, held in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia from May 26 to June 14, 2007, was originally to consist of a two-round knockout with one player qualifying from each quarter of the draw. In September 2006, FIDE proposed that these players play a 16 player, single round-robin tournament instead.[5] However this decision was reversed, and the tournament consists of two rounds of matches as originally planned.[6]
The 2005 World Cup winner Aronian was the top seed, with the remaining players seeded in rating order according to the January 2006 ratings list.[4] In the second round, the 1v16 winner played the 8v9 winner, 2v15 winner versus 7v10 winner, and so on.
Match conditions
Matches were best of six games, at normal time controls (40/120, then 20/60, then 15 minutes + 30 seconds per move). If the match was tied after six games, tie breaks were played on the seventh day:[4]
- Best of four rapid games is played. Rapid time control is 25 minutes for the game, plus 10 seconds per move.
- If the score is still tied, best of two blitz games is played. Blitz time control is five minutes for the game, plus 10 seconds per move.
- If the score is still tied, the players draw lots for a single sudden death game where White has six minutes but needs to win, Black has five minutes but only needs to draw.
Round 1
Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 1 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2759 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 4.0 7.0 16 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2693 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 2.0 5.0 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 8 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2699 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2.5 5.5 9 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2734 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0.5 3.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 2 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2738 ½ 1 1 1 - - - 3.5 15 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2639 ½ 0 0 0 - - - 0.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 7 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2727 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ - 2.5 10 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2643 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ - 3.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 3 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2717 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 2.5 14 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2680 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - 3.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 6 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2717 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - - 3.5 11 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2679 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - - 1.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 4 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2733 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.5 5.5 13 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2677 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0.5 3.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 5 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2709 ½ 0 0 0 - - - 0.5 12 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2705 ½ 1 1 1 - - - 3.5
Round 2
Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 1 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2759 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 3.5 8 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2699 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 2.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 2 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2738 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ - - 3.5 10 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2643 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ - - 1.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 4 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2733 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - - 3.5 12 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2705 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - - 1.5 Seed Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 TB Total 6 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2717 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2.5 5.5 14 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2680 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0.5 3.5
2007 Championship Tournament
Playing conditions
The tournament is a double round robin, with the first round on 13 September 2007 and the final round on 29 September 2007. Rest days are on the 17th, 22nd and 26th, i.e. after rounds 4, 8 and 11.
Games each day begin at 2pm local time, which is 19:00 UTC. The time control is 40/2h, 20/1h, 15m+30sec/all meaning that each player has 2 hours per game, plus an extra hour added after the 40th move, 15 extra minutes added after the 60th move, and from there on 30 extra seconds added for each move (Fischer delay).[7]
If two or more players finish level on points, the following tie-breakers are applied (in order of precedence): results of games between tied players, total number of wins, Neustadtl score. If players can not be separated by any of these means, tie breaker games will be played on 30 September.[7]
- A double round robin of rapid games is played. Rapid time control is 25 minutes for the game, plus 10 seconds per move.
- If two or more players are still tied, they play a double round robin of blitz games. Blitz time control is 5 minutes for the game, plus 10 seconds per move.
- If two or more players are still tied, the double round robin blitz tie break may be repeated up to two more times.
- If two or more players are still tied, they play a knockout tournament of armageddon games. In the armageddon games, White has six minutes but needs to win, Black has five minutes but only needs to draw. (Players draw lots for colors).
Results
The pairings were made on Wednesday, 12 September 2007.[8]
Games can be viewed live, or downloaded from, the official site: http://partidas.chessmexico.com/
Round by round commentary can be found at sites such as The Week in Chess or Chessbase.
Round 1 - 13 September Anand Gelfand ½-½ C42 Petrov Kramnik Svidler ½-½ D43 Slav Morozevich Aronian ½-½ E12 Queen's Indian Grischuk Lékó ½-½ C88 Ruy Lopez Round 2 - 14 September Kramnik (0.5) Morozevich (0.5) 1-0 E04 Catalan Gelfand (0.5) Grischuk (0.5) ½-½ E15 Queen's Indian Svidler (0.5) Lékó (0.5) ½-½ C89 Ruy Lopez Aronian (0.5) Anand (0.5) 0-1 D43 QGD Round 3 - 15 September Anand (1.5) Kramnik (1.5) ½-½ C42 Petrov Grischuk (1.0) Aronian (0.5) ½-½ C88 Ruy Lopez Lékó (1.0) Gelfand (1.0) ½-½ C42 Petrov Morozevich (0.5) Svidler (1.0) 1-0 C45 Scotch Round 4 - 16 September Aronian (1.0) Lékó (1.5) 1-0 A33 Benoni Kramnik (2.0) Grischuk (1.5) ½-½ E06 Catalan Morozevich (1.5) Anand (2.0) ½-½ D47 QGD Svidler (1.0) Gelfand (1.5) ½-½ C42 Petrov Round 5 - 18 September Anand (2.5) Svidler (1.5) 1-0 C89 Ruy Lopez Gelfand (2.0) Aronian (2.0) 1-0 A60 Benoni Grischuk (2.0) Morozevich (2.0) 1-0 D38 QGD Lékó (1.5) Kramnik (2.5) ½-½ C54 Bishop's Round 6 - 19 September Aronian (2.0) Kramnik (3.0) ½-½ E06 Catalan Gelfand (3.0) Morozevich (2.0) 1-0 E17 Queen's Indian Grischuk (3.0) Svidler (1.5) ½-½ D43 Semi-Slav Lékó (2.0) Anand (3.5) ½-½ C78 Ruy Lopez Round 7 - 20 September Anand (4.0) Grischuk (3.5) 1-0 C88 Ruy Lopez Kramnik (3.5) Gelfand (4.0) ½-½ D43 Slav Morozevich (2.0) Lékó (2.5) ½-½ C45 Scotch Svidler (2.0) Aronian (2.5) ½-½ C69 Ruy Lopez
| Round 8 - 21 September | |||
| Aronian (3.0) | Morozevich (2.5) | ½-½ | E17 Queen's Indian |
| Gelfand (4.5) | Anand (5.0) | ½-½ | E06 Catalan |
| Lékó (3.0) | Grischuk (3.5) | 1-0 | C88 Ruy Lopez |
| Svidler (2.5) | Kramnik (4.0) | ½-½ | C42 Petrov |
| Round 9 - 23 September | |||
| Anand (5.5) | Aronian (3.5) | ½-½ | C89 Ruy Lopez |
| Grischuk (3.5) | Gelfand (5.0) | 1-0 | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| Lékó (4.0) | Svidler (3.0) | ½-½ | B90 Najdorf Sicilian |
| Morozevich (3.0) | Kramnik (4.5) | 1-0 | E61 King's Indian |
| Round 10 - 24 September | |||
| Aronian (4.0) | Grischuk (4.5) | 1-0 | D30 QGD |
| Gelfand (5.0) | Lékó (4.5) | ½-½ | E05 Catalan |
| Kramnik (4.5) | Anand (6.0) | ½-½ | D43 Semi-Slav |
| Svidler (3.5) | Morozevich (4.0) | ½-½ | B17 Caro-Kann |
| Round 11 - 25 September | |||
| Anand (6.5) | Morozevich (4.5) | 1-0 | B90 Najdorf Sicilian |
| Gelfand (5.5) | Svidler (4.0) | ½-½ | A15 English |
| Grischuk (4.5) | Kramnik (5.0) | ½-½ | C43 Petrov |
| Lékó (5.0) | Aronian (5.0) | ½-½ | E15 Queen's Indian |
| Round 12 - 27 September | |||
| Aronian (5.5) | Gelfand (6.0) | ||
| Kramnik (5.5) | Lékó (5.5) | ||
| Morozevich (4.5) | Grischuk (5.0) | ||
| Svidler (4.5) | Anand (7.5) | ||
| Round 13 - 28 September | |||
| Aronian | Svidler | ||
| Gelfand | Kramnik | ||
| Grischuk | Anand | ||
| Lékó | Morozevich | ||
| Round 14 - 29 September | |||
| Anand | Lékó | ||
| Kramnik | Aronian | ||
| Morozevich | Gelfand | ||
| Svidler | Grischuk | ||
| Tie breaks, 30 September | |||
| (If required) | |||
Vorlage:Col-end Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores prior to the round.
Standings
Player Rating ANA KRA MOR LÉK ARO SVI GEL GRI Points Score Vorlage:Flagathlete 2792 ½ 1 29.09 ½ 1 ½ 1 7.5 +4 ½ ½ ½ 1 27.09 ½ 28.09 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2769 ½ 1 27.09 29.09 ½ ½ ½ 5.5 = ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 28.09 ½ Vorlage:Flagathlete 2758 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 29.09 27.09 4.5 –2 0 0 28.09 ½ ½ 0 0 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2751 ½ ½ 28.09 ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5 = 29.09 27.09 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Vorlage:Flagathlete 2750 0 ½ ½ 1 28.09 27.09 1 5.5 = ½ 29.09 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Vorlage:Flagathlete 2735 27.09 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 29.09 4.5 –2 0 ½ 0 ½ 28.09 ½ ½ Vorlage:Flagathlete 2733 ½ 28.09 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6.0 +1 ½ ½ 29.09 ½ 27.09 ½ 0 Vorlage:Flagathlete 2726 28.09 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 –1 0 ½ 27.09 0 0 29.09 ½
Future matches
Future World Championships will be decided by matches between the champion and a challenger.
The 2007 World Cup (a knockout tournament similar to the 2005 World Cup and the FIDE World Chess Championships 1998-2004) will be part of the process to determine the next challenger, however there are special privileges for 2005 FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov; and for current World Champion Kramnik.
If Kramnik wins the 2007 World Championship:
- The 2008 World Championship will be a match between Kramnik and Topalov.
- The 2009 World Championship will be a match between the 2008 World Champion, and the winner of the 2007 World Cup.
If Kramnik does not win the 2007 World Championship:
- The 2008 World Championship will be a match between the 2007 World Champion, and Kramnik.
- Topalov will play a "challenger match" against the winner of the 2007 World Cup. The 2009 World Championship will be a match between the 2008 World Champion, and the winner of the challenger match.
After this special arrangement, the title will be decided in two-year cycles, with the following World Championship being in 2011.[9]
References
See also
- World Chess Championship
- Classical World Chess Championship 2004
- FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
- FIDE World Chess Championship 2006
External links
Vorlage:World Chess Championships
- ↑ Vladimir Kramnik on the world of chess (Part 2), Chessbase, 1-Jun-2007
- ↑ 2005 FIDE World Cup Results at Mark Weeks' World Chess Championship Index
- ↑ The Week in Chess 580
- ↑ a b c FIDE Rules for 2007 World Championship, Candidates Matches
- ↑ FIDE proposes Candidates tournament 2007, Chessbase, 24 September 2006.
- ↑ The Week in Chess 654, The Week in Chess, 21-May-2007
- ↑ a b Regulations for the World Chess Championship Tournament. FIDE, abgerufen am 17. September 2007.
- ↑ Mexico countdown: Openings Ceremony, pairings, Chessbase, 13 September 2007
- ↑ Regulations for the 2007 - 2009 World Chess Championship Cycle, sections 4 and 5, FIDE online. Undated, but reported in Chessbase on 24-Jun-2007
