Because he had also beaten Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich could perhaps have been the one to stop Anand from becoming world champion that quickly, but Vishy already decided to act as true world champion by avoiding a repetition of moves and beating Moro with a beautiful combination. He was received in the press room with a big applause and it wasn't clear who had more difficulty: the journalists in keeping their objectivity or Vishy with hiding his smile.The day started surprising with the thirteen-move draw in Grischuk-Kramnik but about this already posted this afternoon. Not long after that Gelfand and Svidler also called it a day; Gelfand thought he was slightly worse but Svidler wasn't happy with his position either. But this was based on a miscalculation, which he realised more or less during the press conference.
Leko was playing a strong game today against Aronian, till he, in his own words, started to get hallicunations. He gave away his advantage and then tried his luck for a while in a rook ending that he knew was a dead draw.
Meanwhile Anand had refused Morozevich's silent draw offer (a repetition of moves), because he saw some winning chances. It was slightly risky but eventually Vishy could finish his game study-like.
Standings (click for bigger version):
Results/schedule:
| Round 1: Thursday, Sept. 13th 2007, 14:00h | Kramnik | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Svidler | Morozevich | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Aronian | Anand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Gelfand | Grischuk | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Leko |
| | Round 2: Friday, Sept. 14th 2007, 14:00h | Svidler | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Leko | Gelfand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Grischuk | Aronian | 0-1 | Anand | Kramnik | 1-0 | Morozevich |
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| Round 3: Saturday, Sept. 15th 2007, 14:00h | Morozevich | 1-0 | Svidler | Anand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Kramnik | Grischuk | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Aronian | Leko | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Gelfand |
| | Round 4: Sunday, Sept 16th 2007, 14:00h | Svidler | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Gelfand | Aronian | 1-0 | Leko | Kramnik | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Grischuk | Morozevich | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Anand |
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Free day: Monday, Sept. 11th 2007 |
| | Round 5: Tuesday, Sept. 18th 2007, 14:00h | Anand | 1-0 | Svidler | Grischuk | 1-0 | Morozevich | Leko | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Kramnik | Gelfand | 1-0 | Aronian |
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| Round 6: Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007, 14:00h | Aronian | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Kramnik | Gelfand | 1-0 | Morozevich | Grischuk | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Svidler | Leko | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Anand |
| | Round 7: Thursday, Sept. 20th 2007, 14:00h | Anand | 1-0 | Grischuk | Kramnik | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Gelfand | Morozevich | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Leko | Svidler | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Aronian |
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Second half
| Round 8: Friday, Sept. 21st 2007, 14:00h | Svidler | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Kramnik | Aronian | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Morozevich | Gelfand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Anand | Leko | 1-0 | Grischuk |
| Free day: Saturday, Sept. 22nd 2007 |
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| Round 9: Sunday, Sept. 23th 2007, 14:00h | Anand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Aronian | Grischuk | 1-0 | Gelfand | Leko | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Svidler | Morozevich | 1-0 | Kramnik |
| | Round 10: Monay, Sept. 24th 2007, 14:00h | Aronian | 1-0 | Grischuk | Gelfand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Leko | Kramnik | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Anand | Svidler | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Morozevich |
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| Round 11: Tuesday, Sept. 25th 2007, 14:00h | Anand | 1-0 | Morozevich | Gelfand | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Svidler | Grischuk | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Kramnik | Leko | ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ? | Aronian |
| Free day: Wednesday, Sept. 26th 2007 |
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| Round 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h | Aronian | | Gelfand | Kramnik | | Leko | Morozevich | | Grischuk | Svidler | | Anand |
| | Round 13: Friday, Sept. 28th 2007, 14:00h | Aronian | | Svidler | Grischuk | | Anand | Leko | | Morozevich | Gelfand | | Kramnik |
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| Round 14: Saturday, Sept. 29th 2007, 14:00h | Anand | | Leko | Kramnik | | Aronian | Morozevich | | Gelfand | Svidler | | Grischuk |
| Sunday, Sept. 30th 2007 Possible tiebreaks, closing ceremony |
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Because he had also beaten Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich could perhaps have been the one to stop Anand from becoming world champion that quickly, but Vishy already decided to act as true world champion by avoiding a repetition of moves and beating Moro with a beautiful combination. He was received in the press room with a big applause and it wasn't clear who had more difficulty: the journalists in keeping their objectivity or Vishy with hiding his smile.The day started surprising with the thirteen-move draw in Grischuk-Kramnik but about this already posted this afternoon. Not long after that Gelfand and Svidler also called it a day; Gelfand thought he was slightly worse but Svidler wasn't happy with his position either. But this was based on a miscalculation, which he realised more or less during the press conference.
Results/schedule:
