World Championship in Mexico Started

A Silent First Round in Mexico

In the first round of the 2007 World Championship in Mexico City, no one decided to to fire their guns. All of the games ended as a draw. The results of the first round is as follows:

V,Kramnik - P, Svidler ½ - ½

A,Morozevich - L,Aronian ½ - ½

V,Anand - B,Gelfand ½ - ½

A,Grischuk - P,Leko ½ - ½

TCF President Ali Nihat Yazici is reporting for ChessBase. You can see his first report about the technical meeting here and his second report after the opening ceremony here.