The 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament is held from March 15 to March 27 (last round) at the five-star luxury Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée, ideally situated at the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve top grandmasters from ten different countries take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro. The Amber […]
Prestigious Amber Blindfold and Rapid
The 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament is held from March 15 to March 27 (last round) at the five-star luxury Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée, ideally situated at the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve top grandmasters from ten different countries take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro. The Amber […]
Kramnik wins overall, Anand wins Rapid at Amber
Round 11 29th March 2007 Blindfold Leko-Radjabov 1/2Carlsen-Van Wely 1/2Svidler-Morozevich 0-1Gelfand-Anand 1/2Aronian-Ivanchuk 1-0Vallejo-Kramnik 1/2 Rapid Radjabov-Leko 0-1Van Wely-Carlsen 0-1Morozevich-Svidler 0-1Anand-Gelfand 1/2Ivanchuk-Aronian 1/2Kramnik-Vallejo 1/2 Final Standings: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 15.52. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 13.53. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 13.04-5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728, Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 12.06-7. […]
Radjabov blanks Aronian at Amber
Here are the rapid results of Amber round 10: Leko – Anand 1/2Gelfand – Ivanchuk 1/2Aronian – Radjabov 0-1Svidler – Kramnik 1/2Vallejo Pons – VanWely 1-0Carlsen – Morozevich 1-0 It looks like Kramnik will run away with this event. The only question is by what margin will he win the 2007 Amber tournament? Who will […]
Amber Round 10
Round 10 – March 28, 2007 Blind Anand – Leko 1/2Ivanchuk – Gelfand 1/2Radjabov – Aronian 1-0Kramnik – Svidler 1/2VanWely – Vallejo-Pons 1-0Morozevich – Carlsen 1-0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik leads Amber by 2 points
Round 9 – March 27, 2007 Blind Carlsen-Kramnik 1/2Svidler-Van Wely 1/2Vallejo-Morozevich 1/2Aronian-Anand 1-0Leko-Ivanchuk 0-1Gelfand-Radjabov 1-0 Rapid Kramnik-Carlsen 1-0Van Wely-Svidler 1-0Morozevich-Vallejo 1-0Anand-Aronian 1-0Ivanchuk-Leko 1/2Radjabov-Gelfand 1/2 Standings after round 9 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 13.52-3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750, Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 11.54. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 10.55. Svidler, Peter g […]
Carlsen held Kramnik to a draw
Kramnik scored 7.5 points in 8 games with wins over Radjabov, VanWely, Morozevich, Anand, Aronian, Leko and Gelfand!! However, the young Norwegian phenom Magnus Carlsen held Kramnik to a draw today. Here is the game: GM Carlsen(B) – GM Kramnik(B) [C84]03.2720071.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 […]
Kramnik’s lead widen
Kramnik is distancing himself from the field by defeating Gelfand 1.5 – .5 in round 8 while Ivanchuk lost to Carlsen .5 – 1.5. Sunday March 25 Round VIII Blind Van Wely-Aronian 0-1Morozevich-Leko 1-0Kramnik-Gelfand 1-0Ivanchuk-Carlsen 1/2-1/2Radjabov-Svidler 0-1Anand-Vallejo 1-0 Rapid Aronian-Van Wely 1/2-1/2Leko-Morozevich 1-0Gelfand-Kramnik 1/2-1/2Carlsen-Ivanchuk 1-0Svidler-Radjabov 1-0Vallejo-Anand 0-1 Here is the official website. Chess Daily News […]
Amber 2007 Round 8
Here are the matchups of round 8 at Amber: Blind Van Wely-AronianMorozevich-LekoKramnik-GelfandIvanchuk-CarlsenRadjabov-SvidlerAnand-Vallejo Rapid Aronian-Van WelyLeko-MorozevichGelfand-KramnikCarlsen-IvanchukSvidler-RadjabovVallejo-Anand Here are the standings going into round 8: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 10.52. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 9.53. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 8.54. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 8.05-6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 7.56. Gelfand, […]
Kramnik extends lead at Amber
Round 7 March 24, 2007 Blindfold Svidler-Anand 1/2Vallejo-Ivanchuk 1/2Carlsen-Radjabov 1/2Leko-Kramnik 0-1Gelfand-Van Wely 1-0Aronian-Morozevich 0-1 Rapid Anand-Svidler 1-0Ivanchuk-Vallejo 1-0Radjabov-Carlsen 1/2Kramnik-Leko 1-0Van Wely-Gelfand 1/2Morozevich-Aronian 1/2 Standings: 1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 10.52. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 9.53. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 8.54. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 8.05-6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 7.5; […]