Aronian takes lead in Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament

20/03/2009 16:30

Aronian takes lead in Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament


In Round 5 of the 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament, held in Nice, France, Armenian representative Levon Aronian won against Magnus Carlsen in rapid game and ended in draw in blindfold. Now Aronian and Kramnik lead with 6,5 points. The latter ended in draw both games with Topalov.

Morozevich ends third with 6 points. Next come Topalov and Anand with 5,5 points. Carlsen, Radjabov, Kamsky have 5 points, Leko has 4,5 points, Karjakin – 4 points, Ivanchuk – 3,5 points, Wang Yue – 3 points.

Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen , blindfold game 0,5:0,5

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Nc2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.Na3 e5 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.Qb2 Rb8 15.Nb5 Qa5 16.Bg5 Bf5 17.Rbd1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rd6 Qb6 20.Qd2 Rf8 21.Bxf6 Qxb5 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Be7 Re8 24.Rd8 c5 25.f3 h6 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Qd8 Qxd8 28.Bxd8.

Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian, rapid game 0:1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bc4 Bd6 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Bd3 Bc8 16.Bc4 Bb7 17.h3 Kf8 18.Bd3 Bc8 19.Be3 Be6 20.Nfd2 Ke8 21.f3 Be7 22.Bc4 Bc8 23.Red1 Bb7 24.Bf2 Nd7 25.Bd3 Nf8 26.Nc4 Ne6 27.Nba5 Nxa5 28.Nxa5 Bc8 29.Nc6 Rd6 30.Nxe5 Bf6 31.Nc4 Rd8 32.e5 Be7 33.Be4 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Rb8 35.Bc6 Kf8 36.Ba7 Bb7 37.Bxb8 Bc5 38.Kf1 Bxc6 39.b3 Ke8 40.Nb2 Bb6 41.Nc4 Bc5 42.h4 h5 43.Rd2 Ba8 44.Ke1 Bc6 45.Kd1 Bd7 46.Nb2 Be3 47.Re2 Bd4 48.Nd3 a5 49.Re4 Bb6 50.Nb2 Kd8 51.Nc4 Bc5 52.Nxa5 Kc8 53.Bxc7 Kxc7 54.Ke1 Bd4 55.Kf1 Kb6 56.Nc4 Kc5 57.Nd6 Kd5 58.Nxf7 Be8 59.Nd6 Bg6 60.Re2 Bc3 61.Ne4 Nf4 62.Nxc3 bxc3 63.Rf2 Kxe5 64.Ke1 Kd4 65.a5 Kc5 66.Kd1 Kb5 67.g3 Ne6 68.Kc1 Kxa5 69.g4 Nf4 70.gxh5 Bxh5 71.Rf1 Kb4 72.Kb1 Kc5 73.Re1 Nd5 74.Rg1 g6 75.Rg3 Kd4 76.Rg1 Ne3 77.Kc1 Kc5 78.f4 Kd4 79.Rg3 Bg4 80.b4 Bf5 81.b5 Nxc2 82.b6 Nb4 83.Rg2 Nd3 84.Kd1 Nc5 85.Kc1 Kc4 86.Re2 Nb3 87.Kd1 Bg4 88.b7 Bxe2 89.Kxe2 Nd4 90.Kd1 Kd3 91.b8=Q c2 92.Ke1 c1=Q 93.Kf2 Qd2 94.Kg3 Nf5 95.Kh3 Qe3 96.Kg2 Qe2 97.Kh3 Qf3 98.Kh2 Qf2.

 


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