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| The Kramnik - Anand game was a tense Semi-Slav with chances for both sides. In the end it was a forty-one move draw which kept the Indian Super GM in the lead by one point. Gelfand remains in second followed by Kramnik, Leko and Aronian who beat Grischuk to move within striking distance. |  |
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And what a round it was! Morozevich took down Kramnik in a very beautiful game and Grischuk ground down Gelfand. The real winner however was Anand who quickly drew his game with Aronian and then sat back to watch his two closest rivals both loose to give him a full point lead. Monday's critical matchup is Kramnik with white vs. Anand. If Kramnik wins, the tournament is thrown wide open. |
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| Peter Leko posted his first full point of this tournament with a win over Alexander Grischuk to move up to forth place in the standings. The current leaders, Anand and Gelfand, played to a draw which allowed Anand to maintain his half-point lead. Games and images from round eight and the second half schedule. |  |
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With a win over Morozevich, the world's number one rated player Viswanathan Anand has taken sole possession of first place as we approach the half way point in the world championship tournament. The darkhorse Boris Gelfand got a draw with current world champion Vladimir Kramnik to hold his position in second. Round eight will be played on Friday then players will have Saturday off to regroup and prepare for the second half and six more rounds of top-level chess. |
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| Israeli Grandmaster Boris Gelfand made it two wins in a row with a sixth round victory over Alexander Morozevich. These wins have propelled Gelfand to the top of the crosstable with 4 points where he now shares first place with Anand. The leaders are followed by Grischuk and Kramnik tied for third with 3.5 points. The day's other games all ended in draws. |  |
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Lots of fighting chess in this round. Three of the four games were decisive and all the winners had the white pieces: Anand over Svidler, Grischuk over Morozevich and Gelfand over Aronian, Leko and Kramnik drew. This puts the world's highest rated player and top seed Viswanathan Anand in the lead with 3.5 points. |
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| After four rounds there have been four decisive games. This time Levon Aronian adds his name to the 1-0 / 0-1 club, joining Anand, Kramnik and Morozevich. Atop the leader board are Kramnik and Anand with 2.5 followed by four players with 2.0. Peter Svidler and Peter Leko are bringing up the rear with 1.5. Monday is a rest day. |  |
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All games in round three began with1.e4, there were two Petroffs, a Scotch and a new fangled Marshall Gambit. Alexander Morozevich was the only player to win with a victory over Peter Swidler. Kramnik had a one pawn advantage in a rook and pawn endgame vs. Anand but just couldn't squeeze enough out of the position and settled for a stalemate. Included in this report is a video impression of the start of round three courtesy of ChessBase. |
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| Playing the black pieces vs. Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand has become the first player in this World Championship tournament to score a full point. Anand, currently the highest rated player in the world, composed a beautiful forty-one move masterpiece. The current World Champion Vladimir Kramnik also scored the full point with his fiercely complicated win over Alexander Morozevich. Round two games and impressions. |  |
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The first round of the 2007 World Championship was a placid affair with all games ending in draws and none of the games lasting longer than twenty-eight moves. This result was more or less expected as players typically feel each other out in the early stages of such a long tournament. Here are games and images from round one. |
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