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Friday, March 18, 2011

Amber 2011 R5: Aronian leads after 2-0 win over Gashimov, Carlsen loses to Ivanchuk

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Hi everyone,

Aronian and Carlsen were leading at the end of Round 4 but Round 5 changed it. While Aronian has gone into sole lead with a 2-0 win over Vugar Gashimov, Carlsen went down to Ivanchuk. Here are the standings after Round 5.


Standings after the fifth round



Blindfold
Rapid
Combined
1.Aronian
4
2.Anand
3
Gelfand
3
Grischuk
3
3.Carlsen
Gashimov
Karjakin
4.Giri
2
Ivanchuk
2
Nakamura
2
Topalov
2
5.Kramnik
1.Aronian
4
2.Anand
Carlsen
3.Topalov
3
4.Grischuk
Karjakin
Nakamura
5.Ivanchuk
2
Kramnik
2
6.Gashimov
Gelfand
Giri
1.Aronian
8
2.Anand
3.Carlsen
6
4.Grischuk
5.Karjakin
5
Topalov
5
6.Gelfand
Nakamura
7.Gashimov
4
Ivanchuk
4
8.Giri
Kramnik




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And, the video with Ivanchuk




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