Aronian claims third Amber victory in farewell edition Levon Aronian is the winner of the twentieth and final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. Following his earlier wins in 2008 and 2009 this is the third time the Armenian grandmaster claimed first prize. Aronian also won the blindfold competition. The rapid competition was won by Magnus […]
Amber final standings
Thursday 24 March Round XI 15.45 Rapid Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0 Grischuk-Gashimov ½-½ Anand-Giri 1-0 17.15 Rapid Gelfand-Carlsen 0-1 Kramnik-Nakamura 0-1 Karjakin-Aronian Levon Aronian won the blindfold and overall while Magnus Carlsen won the rapid. Final standings Blindfold 1. Aronian 8½ 2. Anand 7 3. Gashimov 6 Gelfand 6 Grischuk 6 4. Karjakin 5½ 5. Carlsen 5 […]
Aronian clinches Amber with 1 game to go
Going into the final day, Aronian was leading Carlsen by 1 full point with 2 games to go. With a draw against Karjakin and a loss by Carlsen against Gelfand, he clinched the Amber overall title. Thursday 24 March Round XI 12.30 Blind Ivanchuk-Topalov ½-½ Gashimov-Grischuk ½-½ Giri-Anand 0-1 14.00 Blind Carlsen-Gelfand 0-1 Nakamura-Kramnik 0-1 […]
1 point lead with 2 games to play
Aronian goes into last round with one-point lead over CarlsenIn the tenth and penultimate round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament Levon Aronian kept his one-point lead over Magnus Carlsen with a 1½-½ win over Veselin Topalov. Magnus Carlsen defeated Alexander Grischuk 1½-½. With one round to go Aronian has already won the blindfold […]
Carlsen wins rapid, Aronian wins blind and leads overall
Standings after 10 (of 11) Blindfold 1. Aronian 8 2. Anand 6 3. Gashimov 5½ Grischuk 5½ 4. Carlsen 5 Gelfand 5 Karjakin 5 Nakamura 5 5. Ivanchuk 4½ 6. Topalov 4 7. Giri 3½ 8. Kramnik 3 Rapid 1. Carlsen 8½ 2. Aronian 6½ 3. Ivanchuk 6 4. Anand 5 Topalov 5 5. Gelfand […]
Aronian wins again
Round 10 results Wednesday 23 March Round X 14.30 Blind Topalov-Aronian 0-1 Kramnik-Ivanchuk ½-½ Karjakin-Nakamura ½-½ 16.00 Blind Gelfand-Giri 1-0 Grischuk-Carlsen ½-½ Anand-Gashimov ½-½ 17.45 Rapid Aronian-Topalov ½-½ Ivanchuk-Kramnik ½-½ Nakamura-Karjakin ½-½ 19.15 Rapid Giri-Gelfand ½-½ Carlsen-Grischuk 1-0 Gashimov-Anand 0-1 http://amberchess20.com/index.html Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian on the verge of clinching Amber
Aronian increases lead with win over Kramnik In the ninth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament Levon Aronian increased his lead over Magnus Carlsen to one point with a 1½-½ win over Vladimir Kramnik. With two rounds to go it is clear that the fight for victory in this 20th farewell edition will […]
Amber round 9
Round 9 results 14.30 Blind Gashimov-Gelfand 1-0 Giri-Grischuk ½-½ Carlsen-Anand 0-1 16.00 Blind Nakamura-Topalov 1-0 Aronian-Kramnik 1-0 Ivanchuk-Karjakin ½-½ 17.45 Rapid Gelfand-Gashimov 1-0 Grischuk-Giri 1-0 Anand-Carlsen 0-1 19.15 Rapid Topalov-Nakamura 1-0 Kramnik-Aronian ½-½ Karjakin-Ivanchuk ½-½ Official website: http://amberchess20.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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