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Mexico City tournament 2007

Mexico City · Sep 2007

Anand won with 9 of 14. A match-tournament: 8 players, 56 games.

Viswanathan Anand9 pts · accuracy 91.7
Vladimir Kramnik8 pts · accuracy 92.0
Boris Gelfand8 pts · accuracy 92.2
Péter Lékó7 pts · accuracy 92.8
Peter Svidler6.5 pts · accuracy 91.3
Alexander Morozevich6 pts · accuracy 90.5
Levon Aronian6 pts · accuracy 91.8
Alexander Grischuk5.5 pts · accuracy 91.5

The costliest move

The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.

Mexico City tournament 2007, Round 12

Aronian v Gelfand · 0–1

24. Nh2 by Aronian: chances 54% → 18%

The coach: Nxe5 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.

Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 2007: Mexico City tournament › Round 12

Every game

Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.

Round 1: Kramnik v Svidler ½–½

23 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Kramnik 90.3, Svidler 90.3

Costliest move: 22. Nh2 (Kramnik, 62% → 45%)

Round 1: Morozevich v Aronian ½–½

25 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Morozevich 91.9, Aronian 91.9

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 1: Anand v Gelfand ½–½

22 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Anand 87.3, Gelfand 89.4

Costliest move: 10. h4 (Anand, 54% → 42%)

Round 1: Grischuk v Lékó ½–½

28 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Grischuk 94.7, Lékó 93.6

Costliest move: 17. Nxd4 (Grischuk, 59% → 47%)

Round 2: Svidler v Lékó ½–½

43 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Svidler 93.7, Lékó 93.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 2: Gelfand v Grischuk ½–½

23 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 93.6, Grischuk 93.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 2: Aronian v Anand 0–1

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Aronian 87.2, Anand 91.7

Costliest move: 20... Bc6 (Anand, 59% → 44%)

Round 2: Kramnik v Morozevich 1–0

27 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 89.7, Morozevich 82.8

Costliest move: 17... Qd4 (Morozevich, 45% → 30%)

Round 3: Morozevich v Svidler 1–0

37 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Morozevich 92.5, Svidler 89.6

Costliest move: 20. Qb1 (Morozevich, 68% → 51%)

Round 3: Anand v Kramnik ½–½

65 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Anand 92.8, Kramnik 94.2

Costliest move: 59... Rc1 (Kramnik, 96% → 50%)

Round 3: Grischuk v Aronian ½–½

31 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Grischuk 91.0, Aronian 92.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 3: Lékó v Gelfand ½–½

100 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Lékó 93.8, Gelfand 94.6

Costliest move: 20... h6 (Gelfand, 60% → 42%)

Round 4: Kramnik v Grischuk ½–½

60 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 92.6, Grischuk 92.1

Costliest move: 55. hxg5 (Kramnik, 75% → 55%)

Round 4: Morozevich v Anand ½–½

61 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Morozevich 88.3, Anand 87.8

Costliest move: 19... Bc8 (Anand, 53% → 38%)

Round 4: Svidler v Gelfand ½–½

24 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Svidler 93.5, Gelfand 93.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 4: Aronian v Lékó 1–0

45 moves · c4 c5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Aronian 92.7, Lékó 91.9

Costliest move: 45. Qb4 (Aronian, 80% → 68%)

Round 5: Anand v Svidler 1–0

39 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 90.9, Svidler 87.9

Costliest move: 32... Nf6 (Svidler, 37% → 25%)

Round 5: Grischuk v Morozevich 1–0

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Grischuk 92.7, Morozevich 90.3

Costliest move: 22... Qxa3 (Morozevich, 52% → 27%)

Round 5: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½

24 moves · e4 e5 Bc4 Nf6 · accuracy Lékó 90.7, Kramnik 92.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 5: Gelfand v Aronian 1–0

48 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 91.9, Aronian 89.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 6: Grischuk v Svidler ½–½

41 moves · Nf3 d5 d4 Nf6 · accuracy Grischuk 90.6, Svidler 89.0

Costliest move: 36... Ke8 (Svidler, 45% → 19%)

Round 6: Lékó v Anand ½–½

21 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lékó 88.6, Anand 90.2

Costliest move: 8... Rb8 (Anand, 51% → 38%)

Round 6: Aronian v Kramnik ½–½

22 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Aronian 91.8, Kramnik 92.5

Costliest move: 21... e5 (Kramnik, 60% → 46%)

Round 6: Gelfand v Morozevich 1–0

50 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 94.0, Morozevich 91.4

Costliest move: 35. Rf4 (Gelfand, 72% → 57%)

Round 7: Morozevich v Lékó ½–½

60 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Morozevich 92.1, Lékó 92.5

Costliest move: 36. Bxe5 (Morozevich, 54% → 40%)

Round 7: Anand v Grischuk 1–0

50 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 93.0, Grischuk 91.2

Costliest move: 45... c4 (Grischuk, 19% → 3%)

Round 7: Svidler v Aronian ½–½

20 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Svidler 93.7, Aronian 94.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 7: Kramnik v Gelfand ½–½

40 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 91.0, Gelfand 90.6

Costliest move: 28... Rd6 (Gelfand, 49% → 35%)

Round 8: Svidler v Kramnik ½–½

29 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Svidler 88.8, Kramnik 90.8

Costliest move: 23... Ng7 (Kramnik, 68% → 54%)

Round 8: Aronian v Morozevich ½–½

69 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Aronian 94.3, Morozevich 93.6

Costliest move: 66. Re8 (Aronian, 97% → 67%)

Round 8: Gelfand v Anand ½–½

20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 92.6, Anand 93.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 8: Lékó v Grischuk 1–0

60 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lékó 92.7, Grischuk 90.6

Costliest move: 49... Qe8 (Grischuk, 37% → 21%)

Round 9: Lékó v Svidler ½–½

29 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Lékó 93.5, Svidler 92.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 9: Grischuk v Gelfand 1–0

61 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Grischuk 93.3, Gelfand 90.5

Costliest move: 47. Rb1 (Grischuk, 82% → 66%)

Round 9: Anand v Aronian ½–½

21 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 91.2, Aronian 93.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 9: Morozevich v Kramnik 1–0

48 moves · c4 c5 Nc3 g6 · accuracy Morozevich 92.3, Kramnik 90.3

Costliest move: 42. Rh3 (Morozevich, 90% → 78%)

Round 10: Svidler v Morozevich ½–½

44 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Svidler 91.0, Morozevich 91.0

Costliest move: 29. Be3 (Svidler, 60% → 41%)

Round 10: Kramnik v Anand ½–½

41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 90.4, Anand 91.0

Costliest move: 17. b3 (Kramnik, 62% → 45%)

Round 10: Aronian v Grischuk 1–0

42 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Aronian 93.1, Grischuk 90.5

Costliest move: 24... c4 (Grischuk, 53% → 41%)

Round 10: Gelfand v Lékó ½–½

24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Gelfand 92.9, Lékó 94.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 11: Grischuk v Kramnik ½–½

13 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Grischuk 95.4, Kramnik 95.9

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 11: Anand v Morozevich 1–0

56 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Anand 93.6, Morozevich 91.6

Costliest move: 51... h3 (Morozevich, 20% → 4%)

Round 11: Gelfand v Svidler ½–½

22 moves · Nf3 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Gelfand 91.3, Svidler 93.2

Costliest move: 15. f4 (Gelfand, 54% → 40%)

Round 11: Lékó v Aronian ½–½

56 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Lékó 93.7, Aronian 93.8

Costliest move: 14... Qc8 (Aronian, 57% → 43%)

Round 12: Svidler v Anand ½–½

22 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Svidler 92.4, Anand 93.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 12: Morozevich v Grischuk 1–0

42 moves · c4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 · accuracy Morozevich 90.8, Grischuk 87.0

Costliest move: 38... Qc2 (Grischuk, 34% → 15%)

Round 12: Kramnik v Lékó 1–0

39 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 93.1, Lékó 93.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 12: Aronian v Gelfand 0–1

40 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Aronian 89.7, Gelfand 92.3

Costliest move: 24. Nh2 (Aronian, 54% → 18%)

Round 13: Gelfand v Kramnik ½–½

26 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Gelfand 91.5, Kramnik 90.9

Costliest move: 19. Rab1 (Gelfand, 65% → 50%)

Round 13: Grischuk v Anand ½–½

73 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Grischuk 91.6, Anand 92.2

Costliest move: 65. a8=Q (Grischuk, 81% → 57%)

Round 13: Aronian v Svidler ½–½

46 moves · c4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 · accuracy Aronian 90.9, Svidler 91.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 13: Lékó v Morozevich 1–0

33 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Lékó 93.1, Morozevich 87.6

Costliest move: 29... Qg1 (Morozevich, 31% → 14%)

Round 14: Svidler v Grischuk 1–0

42 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Svidler 91.8, Grischuk 87.7

Costliest move: 19. Nc2 (Svidler, 87% → 50%)

Round 14: Anand v Lékó ½–½

20 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Anand 94.1, Lékó 94.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Round 14: Morozevich v Gelfand ½–½

45 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Morozevich 91.4, Gelfand 91.7

Costliest move: 24. a4 (Morozevich, 68% → 46%)

Round 14: Kramnik v Aronian 1–0

35 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 94.0, Aronian 90.0

Costliest move: 31... h6 (Aronian, 23% → 9%)

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