World Chess Championship - Mexico 2007- round 1

World Chess Championship - Mexico 2007 Sep 13-30 [15:00 EDT | 21:00 CET] The biggest event of the year gets underway, as eight of the world’s top players do battle 13-30 September in Mexico City for the $1.3m World Chess Championship tournament. The gladiatorial contest sees World Champion Vladimir Kramnik defending the FIDE reunification title he won last year from Veselin Topalov - but he faces a formidable challenge from world no.1 Vishy Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk. Look out for details of our extensive coverage at our WCC Mexico 2007 special section. Also, visit the official website.

ICC Chess.FM Videos

Round 1 | Thu, Sep 13th | 15:00 EDT | 21:00 CET

Crosstable after round 1

N FLAG NAME FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PTS 1 Kramnik RUS 2769   . . . . . . ½ 0.5 2 Morozevich RUS 2758 .   . . . . ½ . 0.5 3 Anand IND 2792 . .   . . ½ . . 0.5 4 Grischuk RUS 2726 . . .   ½ . . . 0.5 5 Leko HUN 2751 . . . ½   . . . 0.5 6 Gelfand ISR 2733 . . ½ . .   . . 0.5 7 Aronian ARM 2750 . ½ .   . .   . 0.5 8 Svidler RUS 2735 ½ . . . . . .   0.5

ICC Chess.FM coverage

Join the ICC Chess.FM World Championship team for a ringside seat of all the action from Mexico City! We will be providing some of the best coverage ever produced for a big event such as this - and not just restricted to members-only.

For members, there will be daily live commentary and board analyses with US Chess Journalist of the Year, Mig Greengard, and he'll be joined each day on the show by one of our crack GM commentary team of Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Jon Speelman, John Fedorowicz, Gregory Kaidanov and Nick De Firmian. Macauley Peterson will also have interviews and the latest news direct from the Mexico City press center. And for each round during the show, the famed New In Chess trivia contest will see a lucky winner receive a one-year subscription to the best chess magazine in the world.

Free to non-members on ICC will be Mig's podcast on his spin of the days play along with a daily video diary from Macauley in Mexico. Also available will be a free 15-min Game of the Day video from one of our GM commentary team.

So, what are you all waiting for? Come to ICC Chess.FM for all the action as it happens, when it happens!

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Thur, Sep 13 - R1 VIDEOS TITLE AUTHOR L 15:00 EDT FREE Morozevich-Aronian GM Larry Christiansen L 15:00 EDT FREE Summary Round-1 Mig Greengard L 15:00 EDT FREE ICC in Mexico - Day 1 Macauley Peterson L 15:00 EDT GRATIS Kramnik-Svidler GM Fernando Peralta L 15:00 EDT SOCIOS Ronda-1 GM Fernando Peralta To follow ONLINE type : "tell webcast english" - "tell webcast espanol"

	The "V New in Chess Trivia" Contest! Chess.FM [18:00 EDT | 21:00 CET] ICC and New in Chess presents The New in Chess Trivia Contest! Tune-in to Mig on ICC Chess.FM for our round-by-round coverage of the World Chess Championship Mexico 2007, and each round you could win a 1-year subscription to the world's best chess magazine. For more information and rules, visit our help page.

• R-1 winners: 1 month ICC: izit. 3 months ICC: DX9293. 1 year subscription to New In Chess magazine: Catalog.