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Round 10
Svidler-Morozevich ½-½
Kramnik-Anand ½-½
Aronian-Grischuk 1-0
Gelfand-Leko ½-½

Standings
Anand 6½
Gelfand 5½
Kramnik, Leko, Aronian 5
Morozevich, Grischuk 4½
Svidler 4

Game PGN’s
[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 10"]
[White "SVIDLER, Peter (RUS)"]
[Black "MOROZEVICH, Alexander (RUS) "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "10.1"]
[Input "DGT4268"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rad1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. h4 Nf6 18. Qh3 c4 19. Bf1 Bd5 20. h5 Kg8 21. Be3 Kh7 22. Bd4 Rhe8 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Ne4 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. c4 Ba8 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Bd4 a6 31. c5 Bxc5 32. Bc4 Qb6 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34.Bxe6+ Kh8 35.Rd4 Bc6 36. Bxf5 Nf6 37. Rc4 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Qe7 39. Nd3 Be8 40.Qg3 Nxh5 41. Qg4 Bf7 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qb4 Bg8 44. Ra5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 10"]
[White "KRAMNIK, Vladimir (RUS)"]
[Black "ANAND, Viswanathan (IND) "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "10.2"]
[Input "DGT4241"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 O-O-O 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 20. Ne4 Qb4 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 23. a4 Qxd6 24. Bf3 Nb6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Qh5 Nd5 28. Qxh6 Nf4 29. Kh1 Qd5 30. f3 Rd8 31. Qg7 Rd7 32. Qf8 Ne2 33. Rfe1 Nxd4 34. Red1 e5 35. Rac1 Qd6 36. Qg8 f6 37. Rc8 a5 38. h3 a4 39. Qe8 Kb6 40. Rb8+ Ka5 41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 10"]
[White "ARONIAN, Levon (ARM)"]
[Black "GRISCHUK, Alexander (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "10.3"]
[Input "DGT4247"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. g3 g5 8. h3 Bg7 9. Rc1 c5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bg2 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rfd8 15.g4 h5 16. gxh5 Qh6 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Ndf1 f5 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b4 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Nf1 c4 25. N1h2 Qf5 26. Nd4 Qd3 27. Ne6 Qxd1
28. Rexd1 Ne5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Ng4 Nd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Rd1 Bc8 33. Rxd3 d4 34. Be4 Ba6 35. Ra3 Be2 36. h6 Bh8 37. Rxa7 d3 38. h7+ Kf8 39. Bg6 d2 40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 10"]
[White "GELFAND, Boris (ISR)"]
[Black "LEKO, Peter (HUN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "10.4"]
[Input "DGT4356"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 a5 15.Rd1 Bd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Bb6 20. Bg5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 h6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Rd8 24. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

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Round 9 results
Leko-Svidler ½-½
Grischuk-Gelfand 1-0
Anand-Aronian ½-½
Morozevich-Kramnik 1-0 (!)

Standings
Anand 6
Gelfand 5
Kramnik, Grischuk 4½
Morozevich, Leko, Aronian 4
Svidler 3½

Game PGN’s
[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007/9/23"]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 9"]
[White "LEKO, Peter (HUN)"]
[Black "SVIDLER, Peter (RUS)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "9.1"]
[Input "DGT4247"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15.a3 Qc7 16. Kb1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bh3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Rc7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bc5 Ref7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nc6 Rxf3 27.Nxe5 Rf5 28. Nd3 a5 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007/9/23"]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 9"]
[White "GRISCHUK, Alexander (RUS)"]
[Black "GELFAND, Boris (ISR)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "9.2"]
[Input "DGT4241"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 Be2 19. Re1 c5 20. Qb3 e5 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. a4 Bc4 23. Qb2 Qg6 24. a5 Nd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Bh3 Be6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Be3 Rc7 29. Qa2 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 Nf6 31. f3 Rfc8 32. Rb2 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Bg5 h6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd5 f6 38. Ke3 g5 39. c4 Rc6 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. f4 R6c7 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ke3 gxf4+ 44. gxf4 h4 45. f5+ Kf7 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Rb1 Kh6 48. Rd6 Rc6 49. Re6 Rxe6 50. fxe6 Re8 51. Rb7 Rxe6 52. Rxa7 Rd6 53.a6 h3 54. Kg4 Rd3 55. Ra8 Kg7 56. Kf5 Rd6 57. Ra7+ Kh6 58. Rf7 Rd2 59. a7 Rf2+
60. Ke6 Ra2 61. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007/9/23"]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 9"]
[White "ANAND, Viswanathan (IND)"]
[Black "ARONIAN, Levon (ARM)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "9.3"]
[Input "DGT4268"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15.g3 Qc7 16. Kf2 Qd7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Re3 Bg6 20. Nf1 a5 21. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 9"]
[White "MOROZEVICH, Alexander (RUS)"]
[Black "KRAMNIK, Vladimir (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "9.4"]
[Input "DGT4356"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. g4 c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 18. Bf3 Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ne4 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Qd8 23. Qb4 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Qxc4 Qb6 26. Qc6 Bxb2 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28.Ra2 Bg7 29. Rc1 h6 30. h4 hxg5 31. hxg5 f6 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 fxg5 34. Nxg5 Nc7 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Bg4 Bc3 37. Rd3 Ba5 38. Kg2 d5 39. e4 d4 40. e5 Bb6 41. Rb3 Rb8 42. Rh3 Ba5 43. Rh6 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Be1+ 45. Kf3 d3 46. Rxg6+ Kf8 47. Rd6 d2 48. Ke4 1-0
 

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Round 8 results

Leko-Grischuk 1-0
Svidler-Kramnik ½-½
Aronian-Morozevich ½-½
Gelfand-Anand ½-½

Standings

Anand 5½
Gelfand 5
Kramnik 4½
Leko 4
Aronian, Grischuk 3½
Morozevich, Svidler 3

Game PGN’s

[Round "WCC 2007 Round 8"]
[White "SVIDLER, Peter (RUS)"]
[Black "KRAMNIK, Vladimir (RUS)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "8.1"]
[Input "DGT4241"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5  21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qf2 Ng7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Bc3 Bc5 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Qf2 Bc5 29. Qg3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 8"]
[White "ARONIAN, Levon (ARM)"]
[Black "MOROZEVICH, Alexander (RUS)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "8.2"]
[Input "DGT4247"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Nc5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. dxe6 Re8 14. Qa3 Qe7 15. Be3 Qxe6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. O-O Nd6 18. Bd4 Be7 19. c5 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Rxb7 23. Rxd2 Reb8 24. Qe3 bxc5 25. Qxe6+ dxe6 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. a4 Rxe2 30. Rcxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 a6 32. Ra7 Ra2 33. Rxa6 e5 34. a5 e4 35. Ra7 h5 36. h4 Kh7 37. a6 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kh7 41. a7 g6 42. Ke1 Kg7 43. Kd1 Ra1+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Ra2 47. Kd4 Ra1 48. Kxe4 Ra4+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra2 51. Kh3 Ra3 52. f3 Kh7 53. Kg2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Kg7 57. Kc4 Ra1 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59.Kd6 Rd1+ 60. Ke5 Ra1 61. Kf4 Ra4+ 62. Ke5 Ra1 63. f4 Ra2 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kf4 Ra5 66. Re8 Rxa7 67. Kxf5 Rf7+ 68. Ke4 Rf1 69. Re5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 8"]
[White "GELFAND, Boris (ISR)"]
[Black "ANAND, Viswanathan (IND)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "8.3"]
[Input "DGT4356"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. N2b3 Ba3 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date ""]
[Round "WCC 2007 Round 8"]
[White "LEKO, Peter (HUN)"]
[Black "GRISCHUK, Alexander (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "8.4"]
[Input "DGT4268"]
[Owner "Ajedrez Mexico"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. d4 exd4 15.Qxd4 c5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Kh8 19. h3 Qc7 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Qe2 Qc8 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. c4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Qb2 26. Qd3 Qb7 27. Bc3 Qc6 28. a5 Kg8 29. Rad1 Rbd8 30. f5 e5 31. Nf1 Rb8 32. g4 h6 33. N1d2 Qc7 34. Kh1 Qd8 35.Rg1 Nh7 36. Nf1 Bg5 37. Ne3 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Rb3 39. Rd3 Nhg5 40. Nd2 Ra3 41. h4 Nh7 42. Nf3 Nf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Nh5 45. Bd2 Ra4 46. Qe2 Ra2 47. Qe1 Nf4 48. Bxf4 exf4 49. Qh4 Qe8 50. g6 Nh6 51. Qxf4 Re2 52. Ng5 Qa4 53. Qxd6 Qxc4 54.Qd5+ Qxd5 55. Rxd5 c4 56. Rd7 c3 57. Ne6 Rc8 58. Rgd1 Rd2 59. R1xd2 cxd2 60.Rxd2 1-0

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Round 6 results
Aronian-Kramnik ½-½
Grischuk-Svidler ½-½
Leko-Anand ½-½
Gelfand-Morozevich 1-0

Standings
Anand, Gelfand 4
Kramnik, Grischuk 3.5
Aronian, Leko 2.5
Morozevich, Svidler 2

Game PGN’s

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "L Aronian"]
[Black "V Kramnik"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.Nb3 a5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. e4 Bc4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Re1 Bxd4 20.Rd1 c5 21. Qc2 e5 22. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:59:33-0:59:33"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Svidler"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Bg3 Qxd4 16.Rfd1 Qc5 17.Bd6 Qb6 18.a4 a6 19.e5 Nd7 20.a5 Qa7 21.Ne4 c5 22.Ng5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qa4+ Kf8 26.Rd7 Bd5 27.Rd1 Bd4 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.b3 Kg7 30.bxc4 Ba8 31.Qc2 g3 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Qe2 gxf2+ 34.Qxf2 Rd8 35.Qg3 Kf8 36.Qe5 Ke8 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qg7+ Ke8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Qg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:30:33-0:53:33"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "P Leko"]
[Black "V Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxe4 15.Qc2 Qe8 16.Ba4 Bd7 17.Rfe1 Nb4 18.Qc4 Ba5 19.Nc3 Bxa4 20.Rxa4 d5 21.Qf1 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:31:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Morozevich"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.O-O Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5 16.cxd5 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 O-O-O 18.Rb1 Rhe8 19.Nb5 Rxe3 20.fxe3 a6 21.Nd4 Re8 22.Nf5 d6 23.Rb4 h5 24.g4 a5 25.Rbf4 Rh8 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Rg4 Rh7 28.Nxg7 Rxg7 29.Bh3 Rxg4+ 30.Bxg4+ Kd8 31.Rxf6 Bxd5 32.a3 b5 33.h4 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Rf4 b3 36.Bf5 Bf7 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke1 Kf6 39.Bd3+ Kg7 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Kc3 Bf7 42.Bc4 Bxc4 43.Rxc4 Kg6 44.e4 Ne6 45.Kxb3 Kh5 46.e5 d5 47.Rb4 Kg6 48.Rb8 Nd4+ 49.Kb2 Nf5 50.Rf8  1-0

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Round 5 results
Anand-Svidler 1-0
Grischuk-Morozevich 1-0
Gelfand-Aronian 1-0
Leko-Kramnik ½-½

Standings
Anand 3.5
Kramnik, Grischuk, Gelfand 3
Morozevich, Leko, Aronian 2
Svidler 1.5

Game PGN’s

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:05:33-0:05:33"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Bf5 14.d4 Qd7 15.Be3 Rae8 16.Nd2 Bg4 17.Qc2 Bf5 18.Qc1 Re7 19.Nf3 Bg4 20.Nh4 Rfe8 21.Qd2 h6 22.Qd3 g6 23.Bd1 Bh3 24.Bf3 g5 25.Ng2 Bf5 26.Qd1 Nf6 27.a4 Ne4 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ra6 Qb7 30.Qa1 Bc8 31.Ra8 Bb8 32.Bc1 Nf6 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Qa3 Rd7 35.Ra5 Ba7 36.Ne3 Qc7 37.Nf5 c5 38.Nxh6+ Kh7 39.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "1:00:33-0:59:33"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grischuk"]
[Black "Morozevich"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Kg7 14.Rae1 Ne4 15.Ndxe4 dxe4 16.Bf4 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.Qf2 Bd7 21.Qg3 Qxc3 22.Be5 Qxa3 23.fxe4 Rxe5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Re8 27.Re5 Qd6 28.Rxe8 Nxe8 29.Qf3 b5 30.Qb7+ Nc7 31.Qxa7 b4 32.e4 c3 33.e5 Qe7 34.Qb7 Kh6 35.Rf1 c2 36.Rc1 Qg5 37.Rxc2 Qe3+ 38.Rf2 Ne6 39.Qxb4 Qc1+ 40.Rf1 Qe3+ 41.Kh1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:26:33-0:40:33"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gelfand"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.O-O Bb5 16.Qd2 h6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Be3 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Qf6 20.Qd1 Nd7 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.Nd2 Nef6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.f3 Qd8 25.Ra1 g4 26.fxg4 Ne5 27.Be2 Qd7 28.g5 Nfg4 29.Bf4 hxg5 30.Bxg5 f5 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Bf4 Nf6 34.g4 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 Nf7 36.Nc4 Re8 37.Qd3 Qe7 38.Bf3 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Qxe5 40.Rf5 Qxb2 41.Rf1 b3 42.Kh1 Nd7 43.Bd1 c4 44.Qxc4 Nc5 45.Qf4 Ne4 46.Rf7 Bf6 47.Rb7 Qd2 48.Qxd2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "P Leko"]
[Black "V Kramnik"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. N3h2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14.
Qf3 Qe6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. b4 c6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d5 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. g3
f6 21. Kg2 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Qc4 24. Be3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2
 

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I know it’s not a new one, but I think that this http://www.chessvibes.com/ analysis of Kramnik-Anand , Corus 2007  from World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is definitely the best video analysis I’ve ever seen. It comes in three 10 min videos. Enjoy and learn!

Part I

Part II

Part III

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Video from beginning of Round 4:

Round 4 results
Kramnik-Grischuk ½-½
Morozevich-Anand ½-½
Svidler-Gelfand ½-½
Aronian-Leko 1-0

Standings
Anand, Kramnik 2.5
Morozevich, Grischuk, Gelfand, Aronian 2
Svidler, Leko 1½

Game PGN’s

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:04:33-0:03:33"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Grischuk"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qa8 13.Qxc7 Rc8 14.Qf4 Rc2 15.Nbd2 Rxb2 16.Rfc1 Nd5 17.Qe4 b4 18.Qd3 bxa3 19.Nc4 Bc6 20.Nxa3 Bb5 21.Nc4 Bb4 22.Qd1 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Bxa5 24.Rxa5 Qb8 25.Nd2 N5b6 26.Rc1 g6 27.Ne4 Rb5 28.Ra2 a5 29.Nc5 Qd6 30.Nb7 Qb8 31.Qd3 Rh5 32.Nc5 Nd5 33.Qc4 N5b6 34.Qc3 Nd5 35.Qa1 Nxc5 36.Rxc5 Nb4 37.Raxa5 Nc2 38.Rxa7 Nxa1 39.Ra8 Qxa8 40.Bxa8 Rxc5 41.dxc5 Kf8 42.c6 Ke7 43.c7 Kd7 44.Bc6+ Kxc7 45.Ba4 Kb6 46.Kg2 Kc5 47.Kf3 Kb4 48.Be8 f6 49.Bf7 Nb3 50.e3 Nc5 51.h4 Kc3 52.Bg8 h6 53.Bf7 g5 54.Kg4 Ne4 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.Bxe6 Nxf2+ 57.Kf5 Kd3 58.Kxf6 Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:04:33-0:01:33"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Morozevich"]
[Black "Anand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 e5 16.Nf5 g6 17.Nh6 Bg7 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.Qh3 Bc8 20.Qh4 Qe7 21.Rfe1 Nd5 22.Qxe7+ Nxe7 23.Nd5 Bb7 24.Ng4 Nd4 25.Bd1 Nxd5 26.exd5 O-O-O 27.Bg5 Rxd5 28.b3 c3 29.Ne3 Rc5 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.b4 Kb8 32.h3 h6 33.Bh4 Nf5 34.Nxf5 gxf5 35.Bc2 Rc4 36.Be7 e4 37.Bb3 Rd4 38.Bc5 Rd3 39.Be6 Bc8 40.Bb3 Re8 41.Bf7 Re5 42.Be3 Re7 43.Bg6 Be6 44.h4 Bxa2 45.Bxf5 Bd5 46.Bc5 Re8 47.f3 Kb7 48.fxe4 Bc6 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Ke3 Be5 51.Kf3 Red8 52.Re3 Rg8 53.g4 Rh2 54.h5 Rd8 55.g5 Rxh5 56.Be7 Re8 57.Kg4 Rh2 58.Bf6 Rg2+ 59.Kh3 Rh2+ 60.Kg4 Rg2+ 61.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "P Svidler"]
[Black "B Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4
Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Nf8 16. h5 Qd7 17. Qd5 Qe6 18. c4 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7
20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bd4 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 1/2-1/2

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From the World Championship rematch between two great players with very different styles, watch this great commented game video from www.letsplaychess.com

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Round 3 results
Anand - Kramnik ½-½
Grischuk - Aronian ½-½
Morozevich - Svidler 1-0
Leko - Gelfand  ½-½ (marathon game - Queen ending)

Standings
Anand, Kramnik 2
Grischuk, Morozevich, Leko ,Gelfand 1½
Svidler, Aronian 1

Game PGN’s
[Event “FIDE World Championship Tournament”]
[Site “1:27:33-1:28:33″]
[Date “2007.09.15″]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “3″]
[Result “1/2-1/2″]
[White “Anand”]
[Black “Kramnik”]
[ECO “C42″]
[WhiteElo “2803″]
[BlackElo “2811″]
[PlyCount “4″]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qc2 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Bxf5 19.Bb5 Bd7 20.d5 Ne5 21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Bxc7 Rxc7 23.d6 Rxc3 24.dxe7 f6 25.Rad1 Rc7 26.Nd4 Ne5 27.f4 Nc6 28.Nxc6 bxc6 29.Rd6 c5 30.Ree6 c4 31.Rc6 Rexe7 32.Rxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxe7 Ra4 34.Rb7 h6 35.f5 Rxa3 36.Kf2 h5 37.g3 a5 38.Ra7 a4 39.h4 Ra2+ 40.Kf3 a3 41.Ke3 Ra1 42.Kf2 Kf8 43.Kg2 a2 44.Kh2 Ke8 45.Kg2 Kd8 46.Kh2 Kc8 47.Kg2 Kb8 48.Ra3 Kb7 49.Ra4 Kb6 50.Ra8 Kc5 51.Ra7 Kd5 52.Ra4 Ke5 53.Ra5+ Ke4 54.Kh2 Kf3 55.Ra3+ Kf2 56.Ra4 Kf1 57.Kh1 Ke1 58.Kg2 Kd1 59.Ra7 Rc1 60.Rxa2 Rc2+ 61.Rxc2 Kxc2 62.Kf3 Kd3 63.g4 hxg4+ 64.Kxg4 Ke4 65.Kh5 Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:02:33-0:07:33"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Morozevich"]
[Black "Svidler"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Ne5 9.Bb3 d6 10.f3 Be6 11.Kh1 Bc4 12.Rf2 d5 13.Bc2 dxe4 14.Nd2 Bd3 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.fxe4 Qg6 17.Rf4 Nc4 18.Bg1 Qh6 19.Rf3 Qd2 20.Qb1 Bb6 21.Bb3 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Na5 23.Bc2 Rad8 24.Rc3 Nac6 25.d5 Nb4 26.Bb3 Na6 27.Be3 Qe2 28.Bc4 Qg4 29.h3 Qh4 30.Bxa6 bxa6 31.Rxc7 f5 32.Bc5 Rfe8 33.d6 Ng6 34.exf5 Nf4 35.Qc2 Re2 36.Qb3+ Kh8 37.Rg1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A Grischuk"]
[Black "L Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c3 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Re4 Nxc1 16. Rg4+ Kh8 17. Qxc1 Ne7 18. Bc2 Rg8 19. Qh6 Ng6 20. Nh4 Qf8 21. Qh5 Qe8 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Bf5 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Nf5 Qd7
26. Ree4 Rcd8 27. Kh2 Qd1 28. Nh6 Rg7 29. Nf5 Rgg8 30. Nh6 Rg7 31. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:02:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leko"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Bf5 12.h4 Re8 13.h5 Bf6 14.Rg1 Qe7 15.Kb1 d5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rad8 18.Rg4 Kh8 19.a3 b6 20.Rdg1 h6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Bd4 Rg8 23.Re1 Qd6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qd3+ Kh8 26.Qa6 Rxg4 27.fxg4 Qc6 28.Re7 Qd6 29.Re3 Qc6 30.Qd3 Kg7 31.Re7 Kf8 32.Re1 Kg7 33.f4 Qd6 34.Qf3 c5 35.Qf2 d4 36.Rd1 Qe6 37.Re1 Qd5 38.Rd1 Qe6 39.Qg1 Qe4 40.g5 fxg5 41.fxg5 d3 42.cxd3 Rxd3 43.Rxd3 Qxd3+ 44.Ka1 Qf5 45.g6 fxg6 46.hxg6 h5 47.Qg3 Qf1+ 48.Ka2 Qc4+ 49.Ka1 Qf1+ 50.Ka2 Qc4+ 51.Ka1 Qg4 52.Qc7+ Kxg6 53.Qxa7 Qd1+ 54.Ka2 Qd5+ 55.Ka1 Qd1+ 56.Ka2 Qd6 57.Qa8 Qe6+ 58.Ka1 Qe1+ 59.Ka2 Qe6+ 60.Ka1 h4 61.Qg2+ Kh5 62.Qf3+ Kg5 63.Qg2+ Kh5 64.Qf3+ Kg5 65.Qg2+ Qg4 66.Qd2+ Kf5 67.Qd5+ Kf4 68.Qd6+ Kf3 69.Qf6+ Kg2 70.Qc6+ Qf3 71.Qg6+ Kf1 72.Qxb6 h3 73.Qd6 Qf2 74.Qd3+ Kg2 75.Qd5+ Kg1 76.Ka2 Qf4 77.Qxc5+ Kf1 78.Qb5+ Ke1 79.Qd5 h2 80.c4 Qh4 81.Qe5+ Kd1 82.Qd5+ Ke2 83.Qe5+ Kd1 84.Qd5+ Kc1 85.Qh1+ Kd2 86.Qd5+ Ke3 87.Qe5+ Kf3 88.Qf5+ Qf4 89.Qd3+ Kf2 90.Qd5 Kg1 91.Qg8+ Kf2 92.Qd5 Qf3 93.Qd2+ Kg1 94.Qg5+ Kf1 95.Qc1+ Kf2 96.Qd2+ Kg3 97.Qg5+ Kh3 98.Qh6+ Kg3 99.Qg5+ Qg4 100.Qd5 Qf3  1/2-1/2

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