Any chess fans here?

[DomainMagnate]

The World Championship 2007 will take place from September 12 to 30 in the Sheraton Centro Histórico Hotel in Mexico City. Eight players are qualified – the tournament will be a double round robin. The prize fund is US $ 1.3 million.

The two favorites are Kramnik, the current undisputed world champion and Anand rated #1 in last fide rating list.
Who do you think will win?




Player Nat. Rtn Birth
Vishwanathan Anand IND 2792 1969
Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2769 1975
Alexander Morozevich RUS 2758 1977
Peter Leko HUN 2751 1979
Levon Aronian ARM 2750 1982
Peter Svidler RUS 2735 1976
Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 1968
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2726 1983

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~MG

 

[Theo]

I play chess for several decades but I am far from being a pro.

Just read in the news about a newly-arrested Russian serial killer, who'd mark each square of the chessboard with the name of his victim. 62 in all, 2 short of a full board. He was found to be sane!

 

[DomainMagnate]

Yeah, I read that story a while ago.. not quite the best example of chess influence on people's intelligence

~MG

 

[DomainMagnate]

So far after 4 rounds Anand and Kramnik are in the lead (as expected) with 2.5 out of 4


~MG