World Chess Championship - Mexico 2007

Vishy Anand, new World Chess Champion! Mexico city, September 13-30 ICC would like to offer their congratulations to India's Vishy Anand, who today in Mexico City became the undisputed World Champion! The 37-year-old Indian ace led from start to finish with an undefeated score of 9/14 to capture the title he so coveted to go along with his new status in the rankings as world #1.

Anand proved to be in a different league to his rivals throughout, and his only time of danger was salvaging draws in two difficult rook ending a pawn down to Russians Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk. Apart from the title and top prize of $390,000, Anand now has a lucrative rematch lined-up next year (12-game match to played between May and September 2008 - precise date and venue to be confirmed by FIDE) against former champion Kramnik.

Kudos also to surprise package Boris Gelfand, as the Israeli #1 had the best result of his career at age 39 to tie for second place with Kramnik on 8/14.

Look out for details of our extensive coverage at our WCC Mexico 2007 special section. Also, visit the official website.

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Final Crosstable after round 14

N FLAG NAME FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PTS RK 1 Kramnik RUS 2769   1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8.0 2 2 Morozevich RUS 2758 0 1   ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.0 6 3 Anand IND 2792 ½ ½ ½ 1   1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9.0 1 4 Grischuk RUS 2726 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½   ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5.5 8 5 Leko HUN 2751 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1   ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 7.0 4 6 Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½   1 1 ½ ½ 8.0 3 7 Aronian ARM 2750 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0   ½ ½ 6.0 7 8 Svidler RUS 2735 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½   6.5 5

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Thur, Sep 13 - R1 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR R 15:00 EDT FREE Morozevich-Aronian GM Larry Christiansen R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 1 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-1 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Kramnik-Svidler GM Fernando Peralta R 15:00 EDT SOCIOS Ronda-1 GM Fernando Peralta Fri, Sep 14 - R2 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR R 15:00 EDT FREE Aronian-Anand GM Joel Benjamin R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 2 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-2 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-2 GM Miguel Illescas R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Resumen R1 y R2 IM Alejo de Dovitiis Sat, Sep 15 - R3 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR R 15:00 EDT FREE Anand-Kramnik GM Joel Benjamin R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 3 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-3 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-3 GM Miguel Illescas R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Conf. Prensa Anand Macauley Peterson Sun, Sep 16 - R4 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR R 15:00 EDT FREE Aronian-Leko GM Joel Benjamin R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Days 4-5 Macauley & Mig R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-4 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT SOCIOS Ronda-4 IM Michael Rahal Monday, Sep 17 is a FREE DAY Tue, Sep 18 - R5 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR R 15:00 EDT FREE Grischuk-Morozevich GM Jon Speelman R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 6 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-5 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-5 GM Fernando Peralta Wed, Sep 19 - R6 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Grischuk-Svidler GM Jon Speelman R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 7 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-6 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-6 GM Amador Rodriguez Thu, Sep 20 - R7 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Anand-Grischuk GM John Fedorowicz R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 8 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-7 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-7 MI Michael Rahal Fri, Sep 21 - R8 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Leko-Grischuk GM Nick De Firmian R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 9 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-8 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-8 MI Alejo de Dovitiis Saturday, Sep 22 is a FREE DAY R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 10 Macauley Peterson Sun, Sep 23 - R9 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Morozevich-Kramnik GM Nick De Firmian R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 11 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-9 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-9 MI Alejo de Dovitiis Mon, Sep 24 - R10 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Aronian-Grischuk GM Larry Christiansen R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 12 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-10 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-10 MI Michael Rahal Tue, Sep 25 - R11 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Anand-Morozevich GM Larry Christiansen R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 13 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-11 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT FREE Interview with GM Illescas Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-11 GM Fernando Peralta Wednesday, Sep 26 is a FREE DAY R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 14 Macauley Peterson Thu, Sep 27 - R12 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Kramnik-Leko GM John Fedorowicz R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 15 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-12 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-12 GM Amador Rodríguez Fri, Sep 28 - R13 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Grischuk-Anand GM Gregory Kaidanov R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 16 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-13 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-13 GM Amador Rodríguez Sat, Sep 29 - R14 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE Svidler-Grischuk GM Gregory Kaidanov R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 17 Macauley Peterson R 15:00 EDT FREE Round-14 Podcast Mig Greengard R 15:00 EDT GRATIS Ronda-14 MI Alejo de Dovitiis Sun, Sep 30 VIDEOS HOST GUEST R 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 18 Macauley Peterson