The World Candidates Matches will be held May 26th - June 14th, 2007 in Elista, Kalmykia. Each match will consist of six games, and, if necessary, tie-break rapid games. There will be a two rounds of matches producing four players who will play in the Mexico City 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 have a 6 game match alongside the event.
World Candidates Matches - Elista /Round I/:
1. Aronian Levon ARM - Carlsen Magnus NOR
2. Leko Peter HUN - Gurevich Mikhail TUR
3. Ponomariov Ruslan UKR - Rublevsky Sergei RUS
4. Gelfand Boris ISR - Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB
5. Bacrot Etienne FRA - Kamsky Gata USA
6. Grischuk Alexander RUS - Malakhov Vladimir RUS
7. Polgar Judith HUN - Bareev Evgeny RUS
8. Shirov Alexei ESP - Adams Michael ENG
Official web-site: http://www.fide.com
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