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.

Round 1
Game 1 - May 27 Carlsen - Aronian 0-1 Leko - Gurevich 1/2 Ponomariov - Rublevsky 1/2 Gelfand - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 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 - Ponomariov 1/2 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 - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 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 - Ponomariov 1/2 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 - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Grischuk - Malakhov 1/2 Polgar - Bareev 1-0 Adams - Shirov 1/2		Game 6 - Jun 2 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 Rublevsky - Ponomariov 1/2 Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand 1/2 Bareev - Polgar 1/2 Shirov - Adams 1-0
Tie Breaks - Game 1 - Jun 3 Aronian - Carlsen 1-0 Shirov - Adams 1-0 Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand 0-1		Tie Breaks - Game 2 - Jun 3 Carlsen - Aronian 1/2 Adams - Shirov 0-1 Gelfand - Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Tie Breaks - Game 3 - Jun 3 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 Shirov - Adams 1/2 Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand 0-1		Tie Breaks - Game 4 - Jun 3 Carlsen - Aronian 1-0
Tie Breaks - Game 5 - Jun 3 Aronian - Carlsen 1-0		Tie Breaks - Game 6 - Jun 3 Carlsen - Aronian 0-1
Round 2
Game 1 - Jun 6 Aronian - Shirov 1-0 Leko - Bareev 1-0 Grischuk - Rublevsky 1-0 Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2		Game 2 - Jun 7 Shirov - Aronian 1/2 Bareev - Leko 1/2 Rublevsky - Grischuk 1/2 Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2
Game 3 - Jun 8 Aronian - Shirov 1/2 Leko - Bareev 1-0 Grischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 Kamsky - Gelfand 0-1		Game 4 - Jun 10 Shirov - Aronian 1/2 Bareev - Leko 1/2 Rublevsky - Grischuk 1-0 Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2
Game 5 - Jun 11 Aronian - Shirov 1/2 Leko - Bareev 1/2 Grischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 Kamsky - Gelfand 0-1		Game 6 - Jun 12 Shirov - Aronian 1/2 Rublevsky - Grischuk 1/2
Tie Break - Game 1 - Jun 13 Rublevsky - Grischuk 0-1 Tie Break - Game 2 - Jun 13 Grischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 Tie Breaks - Jun 13 Rublevsky - Grischuk 0-1 Login Now | Register | Download | Help | Teaching Ladder | Events | Sponsors | Contact us | Links | Adjudicate Last modified: Thu Jun 14 09:35:15 GMT Standard Time 2007