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At Morelia-Linares 2007, Mexico and Spain

Linares (now Morelia-Linares) has been one of exclusive chess tournament in the world, and this year's edition began on 17th February in Morelia until 25th February, and then all the players will travel to Linares (Spain) for the second leg, scheduled for 2nd to 10th March.

There has been a last-minute withdrawal of Teimour Radjabov and former three-time Linares winner Vassily Ivanchuk was ready to replace him at short notice.

Morelia-Linares Entry List -
1 Topalov Veselin BUL 2783
2 Anand Viswanathan IND 2779
3 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2750
4 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2747
5 Aronian Levon ARM 2744
6 Leko Peter HUN 2741
7 Svidler Peter RUS 2728
8 Carlsen Magnus NOR 2690

Round - 1 (Feb. 17)

UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
BUL 2783 GM Topalov ½-½ Anand GM 2779 IND
RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Aronian GM 2744 ARM
NOR 2690 GM Carlsen 1-0 Morozevich GM 2747 RUS

Round - 2 (Feb. 18)

HUN 2741 GM Leko ½-½ Morozevich GM 2747 RUS
ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Carlsen GM 2690 NOR
IND 2779 GM Anand ½-½ Svidler GM 2728 RUS
UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk 1-0 Topalov GM 2783 BUL

Round - 3 (Feb. 19)

BUL 2783 GM Topalov ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR
NOR 2690 GM Carlsen 0-1 Anand GM 2779 IND
RUS 2747 GM Morozevich ½-½ Aronian GM 2744 ARM

Round - 4 (Feb. 21)

HUN 2741 GM Leko ½-½ Aronian GM 2744 ARM
IND 2779 GM Anand 1-0 Morozevich GM 2747 RUS
UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk 0-1 Carlsen GM 2690 NOR
BUL 2783 GM Topalov ½-½ Svidler GM 2728 RUS

Round - 5 (Feb. 22)

RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
NOR 2690 GM Carlsen 1-0 Topalov GM 2783 BUL
RUS 2747 GM Morozevich ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR
ARM 2744 GM Aronian 1-0 Anand GM 2779 IND

Round - 6 (Feb. 24)

NOR 2690 GM Carlsen ½-½ Leko GM 2741 HUN
RUS 2747 GM Morozevich ½-½ Svidler GM 2728 RUS
ARM 2744 GM Aronian ½-½ Topalov GM 2783 BUL
IND 2779 GM Anand ½-½ Ivanchuk GM 2750 UKR

Round - 7 (Feb. 25)

HUN 2741 GM Leko 0-1 Anand GM 2779 IND
UKR 2750 GM Ivanchuk 1-0 Aronian GM 2744 ARM
BUL 2783 GM Topalov 1-0 Morozevich GM 2747 RUS
RUS 2728 GM Svidler ½-½ Carlsen GM 2690 NOR

Standing after Morelia rounds - (7 Rounds)

T1 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 4½ pts
T1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 4½ pts
3 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 4 pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 3½ pts
T4 Svidler Peter RUS - 3½ pts
T6 Topalov Veselin BUL - 3 pts
T6 Leko Peter HUN - 3 pts
8 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 2 pts