13/03/2009 17:45
Aronyan to participate in 18th Amber tournament
The 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament, organized by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco, takes place from March 14 (first round) to March 26 (last round) in Nice, France.
This year’s field is stronger than ever with all the world’s best players taking part.
The twelve participants are: Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria 2796), World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India 2791), Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2779), Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2776), Alexander Morozevich (Russia 2771), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan 2760), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia 2759), Peter Leko (Hungary 2751), Levon Aronian (Armenia 2750), Wang Yue (China 2739), Gata Kamsky (United States 2725), Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine 2706).
The prize fund makes 216 thousand euros.