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PeterDoggers
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After the quiet start of round one, the second round in Mexico City was a big spectacle. Both Kramnik and Anand won their games convincingly after a strong novelty and Svidler got very far with a different treatment of Leko's Marshall. Only Gelfand-Grischuk was a draw in first-round style.

Kramnik's game was impressive. His 8.0-0 did not come up in my database but after 8?¢‚Ǩ¬¶0-0 it was known again via transposition (with 9.Bd2). The piece sacrifice that followed must have been cooked up in Paris and this must have been not much fun for Moro. From hindsight I guess 16?¢‚Ǩ¬¶Ra7 will have to be analysed because after the pretty 18.Da4! it's already over.

Anand came with the powerful 17?¢‚Ǩ¬¶c5 and he must have looked at Aronian's piece sac with his second Peter Heine Nielsen. With the very subtle way of declining Bg7-e5-g7 he got an advantage which he didn't let go anymore.

Svidler's 15.Qe2 is rare and I hadn't seen 18.Rxe8 followed by 19.f3 before but I'm not sure. Eventually he kept his extra pawn but the little fellow on g4 saved the day for Black almost on his own.

As said before, Gelfand-Grischuk wasn't very interesting.



Standings:



Playing 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
Round 3: Saturday, Sept. 15th 2007, 14:00h
Morozevich 
  Svidler
Anand 
  Kramnik
Grischuk 
  Aronian
Leko 
  Gelfand
Round 4: Sunday, Sept 16th 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Gelfand
Aronian 
  Leko
Kramnik 
  Grischuk
Morozevich 
  Anand
Free day: Monday, Sept. 11th 2007
Round 5: Tuesday, Sept. 18th 2007, 14:00h
Anand 
  Svidler
Grischuk 
  Morozevich
Leko 
  Kramnik
Gelfand 
  Aronian
Round 6: Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Aronian
Kramnik 
  Gelfand
Morozevich 
  Leko
Anand 
  Grischuk
Round 7: Thursday, Sept. 20th 2007, 14:00h
Grischuk 
  Svidler
Leko 
  Anand
Gelfand 
  Morozevich
Aronian 
  Kramnik



Second half

Round 8: Friday, Sept. 21st 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Kramnik
Aronian 
  Morozevich
Gelfand 
  Anand
Leko 
  Grischuk
Free day: Saturday, Sept. 22nd 2007
Round 9: Sunday, Sept. 23th 2007, 14:00h
Kramnik 
  Svidler
Morozevich 
  Aronian
Anand 
  Gelfand
Grischuk 
  Leko
Round 10: Monay, Sept. 24th 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Leko
Gelfand 
  Grischuk
Aronian 
  Anand
Kramnik 
  Morozevich
Round 11: Tuesday, Sept. 25th 2007, 14:00h
Morozevich 
  Svidler
Anand 
  Kramnik
Grischuk 
  Aronian
Leko 
  Gelfand
Free day: Wednesday, Sept. 26th 2007
Round 12: Thursday, Sept 27th 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Gelfand
Aronian 
  Leko
Kramnik 
  Grischuk
Morozevich 
  Anand
Round 13: Friday, Sept. 28th 2007, 14:00h
Anand 
  Svidler
Grischuk 
  Morozevich
Leko 
  Kramnik
Gelfand 
  Aronian
Round 14: Saturday, Sept. 29th 2007, 14:00h
Svidler 
  Aronian
Kramnik 
  Gelfand
Morozevich 
  Leko
Anand 
  Grischuk

Sunday, Sept. 30th 2007

Possible tiebreaks, closing ceremony

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