The 16th Melody Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament will be held at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco (March 17 – 29, 2007). The total prize-fund is € 216,000 and it is organized by the Max Euwe Association.
The participants are:
Vishy Anand,
Vladimir Kramnik
Vasily Ivanchuk
Peter Leko
Levon Aronian
Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand
Teimour Radjabov
Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen
Loek van Wely
Francisco Vallejo Pons
The official website will be announced soon.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cool 🙂
is there any official website about this?
There is no Vaselin Topalov in that list….
So no scandals 🙂
I predict:
Ivanchuk = 1st in the Blindfold
Ivanchuk = Last in the Rapid
Yeah, the people in that list are all well-behaved ones.
I’d still buy an extra lock for Radjabov’s door though, just in case.
Danailov has trouble signaling Topalov when Topalov is blindfolded and if course there is no time in rapids.
anon 2,4 & 5 are Kramniks Trolls
What is Topalov’s rating in rapids?
Why doesn’t he participate in Amber? Why cannot he play equally well in rapid matches? He lost both his rapid matches against Karmnik. Why?
Melody Amber 2006
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3010
Rapid Chess
1. Anand
2. Topalov
3. Aronian
4. Ivanchuk
etc
Obviously Topalov can play rapid well & as stated by previous anon, signalling not feasible in rapids.
So no cheating here.
Check out Melody Amber way back in 2001
http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/chess/amber2001.html#standings
Rapid
1. Kramnik & Gelfand 7.5 pts
2. Topalov 7.0 pts
Blind
1. Topalov 8.0 pts
2. Kramnik 7.5 pts
3. Anand & Shirov 7.0 pts
Overall
1. Kramnik & Topalov 15.0 pts
3. Anand 13.5 pts
4. Shirov 11.5 pts
Topalov is probably busy with organizing the MTEL masters. Give the guy a break, please!
Ah good, no Topalov.
#6 is Topalov’s Troll.
>>Obviously Topalov can play rapid well & as stated by previous anon, signalling not feasible in rapids.
So no cheating here. >>
Topalov is not that great in rapids. He even lost to Kasim at Tripoli.
Topalov is probably busy with organizing the MTEL masters. Give the guy a break, please!
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We are giving him a break. We’re very happy he’s not here to disgrace another tournament. Let him organize all the Masters he wants. It’s a great idea.
topa hide in shame
Most important tournaments of 2007:
Kramnik: Corus, Melody Amber, Dortmund, no Linares, no MTel Masters.
Topalov: Corus, Linares, MTel Masters, no Melody Amber, no Dortmund.
Anand: Corus, Linares, Melody Amber, Dortmund, maybe even MTel Masters.
Thanks Vishy! Show them who is the real #1!
Yes we are looking for a website. I don’t know how is the system in this event? Rapid and blindfold means blindfold rapid games or those are two diferent actions 🙂
My favorite is always Kramnik since he himself says that he was not a strong tournament player but I am sure if he wants really to do best, he can just do it, good luck to champion and good luck to radjabov and anand.
Topa is a good player and he have proved it many times.