World Chess Championship 2007
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The World Chess Championship 2007 was a double round-robin tournament held in Mexico City that determined the undisputed world chess champion among eight of the world's top grandmasters.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Championship
ⓘ
chess tournament ⓘ sports event ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium |
internet
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| category | super-grandmaster tournament ⓘ |
| champion | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Mexico City ⓘ |
| closingCeremonyLocation | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| determined | undisputed World Chess Champion ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 38 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2007-09-29 ⓘ |
| FIDEWorldChampionshipCycle | 2005–2008 cycle ⓘ |
| followedBy | World Chess Championship 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | double round-robin ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingRules | FIDE Laws of Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first undisputed title event after 2006 reunification match ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfRounds | 14 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| openingCeremonyLocation | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Alexander Grischuk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexander Morozevich NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Gelfand NERFINISHED ⓘ Levon Aronian NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Leko NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Svidler NERFINISHED ⓘ Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | World Chess Championship 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultScoreOfRunnerUp | 8.0/14 ⓘ |
| resultScoreOfWinner | 9.0/14 ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| startDate | 2007-09-13 ⓘ |
| thirdPlace | Boris Gelfand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tieBreakSystem | Sonneborn–Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeControl | classical time control ⓘ |
| titleContested | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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