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World Chess Championship 2007

Index World Chess Championship 2007

The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from 12 September 2007 to 30 September 2007 to decide the world champion in the board game chess. [1]

51 relations: Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Étienne Bacrot, Bishop's Opening, Boris Gelfand, Candidates Tournament, Chess, Chess World Cup, Chess World Cup 2005, Chess World Cup 2007, Development of the World Chess Championship, Evgeny Bareev, FIDE, FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, FIDE World Chess Championships (1998–2004), Gata Kamsky, Judit Polgár, Kjetil Aleksander Lie, Konstantin Sakaev, Levon Aronian, List of round-robin chess tournaments, List of strong chess tournaments, List of World Chess Championships, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams (chess player), Mikhail Gurevich (chess player), Outline of chess, Pavel Eljanov, Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Sergei Rublevsky, Sport in Mexico, Stalemate, Tarrasch rule, Timeline of chess, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Vladimir Malakhov (chess player), Women's World Chess Championship 2006, World Chess Championship, World Chess Championship 2006, World Chess Championship 2008, World Chess Championship 2010, World Chess Championship 2012, World Chess Championship 2013, 2007 in chess, 2007 in Mexico, ..., 2007 World Championships. Expand index (1 more) »

Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (Алекса́ндр И́горевич Грищу́к; born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Alexander Morozevich

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (Александр Серге́евич Морозе́вич; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

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Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs;; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess grandmaster.

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Étienne Bacrot

Étienne Bacrot (born 22 January 1983 in Lille) is a French chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy.

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Bishop's Opening

The Bishop's Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: White attacks Black's f7-square and prevents Black from advancing his d-pawn to d5.

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Boris Gelfand

Boris Abramovich Gelfand (Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; born 24 June 1968) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster.

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Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess' international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Chess World Cup

The Chess World Cup refers to three different events over the years.

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Chess World Cup 2005

The Chess World Cup 2005 served as a qualification tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007.

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Chess World Cup 2007

The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010.

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Development of the World Chess Championship

The concept of a world chess champion started to emerge in the first half of the 19th century, and the phrase "world champion" appeared in 1845.

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Evgeny Bareev

Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (Евгений Ильгизович Бареев; born 21 November 1966 in Yemanzhelinsk) is a Russian (until 2015) and Canadian (since 2015) chess grandmaster and coach.

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FIDE

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2004

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13.

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FIDE World Chess Championships (1998–2004)

The FIDE World Chess Championships from 1998 till 2004 followed a similar knockout format, radically different from previous World Chess Championship events.

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Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky (Ğata Kamski; Гата Камский; Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is an American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

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Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

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Kjetil Aleksander Lie

Kjetil Aleksander Lie (born November 18, 1980 in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian chess player, and Norway's eighth International Grandmaster (GM).

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Konstantin Sakaev

Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (Константи́н Ру́фович Сака́ев; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999.

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Levon Aronian

Levon Grigori Aronian (Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

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List of round-robin chess tournaments

This is a list of chess round-robin tournaments.

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List of strong chess tournaments

This article depicts many of the strongest international chess tournaments in history.

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List of World Chess Championships

The following is a list of World Chess Championships including the hosting cities.

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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.

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Michael Adams (chess player)

Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster.

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Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)

Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich (born 1959) is a Soviet chess player.

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Outline of chess

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chess: Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard (a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid).

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Pavel Eljanov

Pavel Eljanov (translit; born 10 May 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Peter Leko

Peter Leko ('Lékó Péter'; Петер Леко; born September 8, 1979 in Subotica, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

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Peter Svidler

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Rustam Qosimjonov; Рустам Касымджанов; born 5 December 1979, Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic) is an Uzbek chess Grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05).

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Sergei Rublevsky

Sergei Rublevsky (born 15 October 1974) is a Russian chess grandmaster (1994).

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Sport in Mexico

The most popular sport in Mexico is Football (fútbol), followed by boxing.

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Stalemate

Stalemate is a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move.

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Tarrasch rule

The Tarrasch rule is a general principle that applies in the majority of chess middlegames and endgames.

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Timeline of chess

This is a timeline of chess.

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced; Весели́н Александров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion.

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)

Vladimir Malakhov (Владимир Малахов; born 27 November 1980) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Women's World Chess Championship 2006

The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10–27, 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship (sometimes abbreviated as WCC) is played to determine the World Champion in chess.

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World Chess Championship 2006

The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov.

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World Chess Championship 2008

The World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik.

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World Chess Championship 2010

The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion.

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World Chess Championship 2012

The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament.

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World Chess Championship 2013

The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the 2013 World Chess Champion.

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2007 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2007.

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2007 in Mexico

Events in the year 2007 in Mexico.

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2007 World Championships

2007 World Championships may refer to.

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Redirects here:

2007 World Chess Championship, FIDE World Championship 2007, FIDE World Chess Championship 2007.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2007

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