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Monday, March 21, 2011

Amber 2011 R8: Aronian leads half point ahead of Carlsen

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Hi everyone,

Going into the second rest day of the tournament, leader Levon Aronian maintained his half-point lead with Magnus Carlsen following close behind. The rest of the pack was quite a bit away! The eighth round saw draws all around.

The 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 25, 2011. The tournament is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. This 20th Amber tournament is the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess. The total prize-fund is € 227,000. The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added. Full schedule here.


Sunday, March 20, Round 8
14.30BlindfoldGrischuk ½-½ NakamuraAnand ½-½ AronianGelfand ½-½ Ivanchuk
16.00Kramnik ½-½ GashimovKarjakin ½-½ GiriTopalov ½-½ Carlsen
17.45RapidNakamura 1-0 GrischukAronian 1-0 AnandIvanchuk 1-0 Gelfand
19.15Gashimov 1-0 KramnikGiri 1-0 KarjakinCarlsen 1-0 Topalov


You can find a very nice detailed report of all the games at the official website.

Standings after the eighth round

Blindfold
Rapid
Combined
1.Aronian
6
2.Anand
Carlsen
Grischuk
3.Gashimov
4
Gelfand
4
Karjakin
4
4.Topalov
4
Ivanchuk
Nakamura
Giri
3
5.Kramnik
1.Carlsen
2.Aronian
3.Ivanchuk
5
4.Anand
4
Gashimov
4
Nakamura
4
5.Grischuk
Topalov
6.Gelfand
3
Giri
3
Karjakin
3
Kramnik
3
1.Aronian
11½
2.Carlsen
11
3.Anand
Ivanchuk
4.Gashimov
8
Grischuk
8
5.Nakamura
Topalov
6.Gelfand
7
Karjakin
7
7.Giri
6
8.Kramnik


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