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Relay of the 2007 World Championship Candidates Matches
The 2007 World Championship Candidates Matches took place from 26th May to 13th June. Each match consisted of six games, and where necessary, rapid tie-break games. The two rounds of matches produced four players who will now play in the Mexico City (http://www.chessmexico.com) tournament to decide the world champion alongside Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich to produce an 8 player, 14 round double round robin event September 12th-30th 2007. "Deep Fritz" and "Deep Junior" will had a 6 game match alongside the event.
Participants.
Country Rating   Qualified for Mexico City
Aronian, Levon ARM 2759   Leko
Leko, Peter HUN 2749   Gelfand
Adams, Michael ENG 2734   Aronian
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733 Grischuk
Polgar, Judith HUN 2727
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2717
Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2717
Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2709
Kamsky, Gata USA 2705
Shirov, Alexei ESP 2699
Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2680
Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2679
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2677
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2676
Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2643
Gurevich, Mikhail TUR 2635
Schedule.
Round 1
Game 1 - May 27
Carlsen -Aronian 0-1
Leko -Gurevich 1/2
Ponomariov-Rublevsky 1/2
Gelfand -Kasimdzhanov1/2
Kamsky -Bacrot 1/2
Grischuk -Malakhov 1-0
Polgar -Bareev 1/2
Adams -Shirov 1/2
Game 2 - May 28
Aronian -Carlsen 1/2
Gurevich -Leko 0-1
Rublevsky -Ponomariov1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Bacrot -Kamsky 0-1
Malakhov -Grischuk 1/2
Bareev -Polgar 1-0
Shirov -Adams 1/2
Game 3 - May 29
Carlsen -Aronian 1-0
Leko -Gurevich 1-0
Ponomariov-Rublevsky 0-1
Gelfand -Kasimdzhanov1/2
Kamsky -Bacrot 1-0
Grischuk -Malakhov 1/2
Polgar -Bareev 1/2
Adams -Shirov 1/2
Game 4 - May 31
Aronian -Carlsen 1-0
Gurevich -Leko 0-1
Rublevsky -Ponomariov1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Bacrot -Kamsky 0-1
Malakhov -Grischuk 0-1
Bareev -Polgar 1-0
Shirov -Adams 0-1
Game 5 - Jun 1
Carlsen -Aronian 1-0
Ponomariov-Rublevsky 1/2
Gelfand -Kasimdzhanov1/2
Grischuk -Malakhov 1/2
Polgar -Bareev 1-0
Adams -Shirov 1/2
Game 6 - Jun 2
Aronian -Carlsen 1/2
Rublevsky -Ponomariov1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Bareev -Polgar 1/2
Shirov -Adams 1-0
    
Tie Breaks - Game 1 - Jun 3
Aronian -Carlsen1-0
Shirov -Adams 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand0-1
Tie Breaks - Game 2 - Jun 3
Carlsen-Aronian 1/2
Adams -Shirov 0-1
Gelfand-Kasimdzhanov1/2
Tie Breaks - Game 3 - Jun 3
Aronian -Carlsen1/2
Shirov -Adams 1/2
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand0-1
Tie Breaks - Game 4 - Jun 3
Carlsen-Aronian1-0
    
    
Tie Breaks - Game 5 - Jun 3
Aronian-Carlsen1-0
Tie Breaks - Game 6 - Jun 3
Carlsen-Aronian0-1
Round 2
Game 1 - Jun 6
Aronian -Shirov 1-0
Leko -Bareev 1-0
Grischuk-Rublevsky1-0
Kamsky -Gelfand 1/2
Game 2 - Jun 7
Shirov -Aronian 1/2
Bareev -Leko 1/2
Rublevsky-Grischuk1/2
Gelfand -Kamsky 1/2
Game 3 - Jun 8
Aronian -Shirov 1/2
Leko -Bareev 1-0
Grischuk-Rublevsky1/2
Kamsky -Gelfand 0-1
Game 4 - Jun 10
Shirov -Aronian 1/2
Bareev -Leko 1/2
Rublevsky-Grischuk1-0
Gelfand -Kamsky 1/2
Game 5 - Jun 11
Aronian -Shirov 1/2
Leko -Bareev 1/2
Grischuk-Rublevsky1/2
Kamsky -Gelfand 0-1
Game 6 - Jun 12
Shirov -Aronian 1/2
Rublevsky-Grischuk1/2
    
    
Tie Break - Game 1 - Jun 13
Rublevsky-Grischuk0-1
Tie Break - Game 2 - Jun 13
Grischuk-Rublevsky1/2
Tie Breaks - Jun 13
Rublevsky-Grischuk0-1
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