Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament
18.03.2007
– It carries a prize fund of US $288,000 and is staged in the posh Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco. Twelve top GMs play two rounds per day, one blindfold and one rapid. The participants include Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Leko, Aronian, Morozevich and Svidler. The first round was played on Saturday. We bring you results and games.
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The 16th edition of the annual Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament is being
held from March 17 to 29 at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel in Monaco, with a
total prize fund of € 216,000 (US $288,000). On each day of play there
are two rounds, one a blindfold session and the second rapid chess. 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 and Francisco Vallejo.
Results of round one: Saturday March 17
| Blindfold |
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Rapid Chess |
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| Aronian-Vallejo |
1-0 |
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Vallejo-Aronian |
0-1 |
| Leko-Svidler |
0-1 |
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Svidler-Leko |
0-1 |
| Gelfand-Carlsen |
½-½ |
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Carlsen-Gelfand |
½-½ |
| Radjabov-Kramnik |
0-1 |
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Kramnik-Radjabov |
½-½ |
| Van Wely-Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
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Ivanchuk-Van Wely |
1-0 |
| Morozevich-Anand |
1-0 |
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Anand-Morozevich |
½-½ |
Peter Leko vs Peter Svidler in the blindfold game (moves are exchanged via
notebook computers)
The rapid chess matches with traditional boards and pieces
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