26/03/2009 15:37
Round 10: Levon Aronian takes sole lead in Amber tournament
In Round 10 of the 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament, held in Nice, France, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian gained 1,5 points against Chinese Wang Yue. In the blindfold game Aronian won against Wang Yue, the rapid game ended in draw.
The world champion Viswanathan Anand lost to Morozevich first, the second game ended in draw. Norwegian Magnus Carlsen was defeated by Kramnik in the blindfold game and the rapid game again ended in draw. Now Aronian has taken the sole lead with 13 points. Carlsen and Anand have 12 points. Next to come is Kramnik with 11,5 points, Leko has 10 points, Topalov, Kamsky, Morozevich and Ivanchuk with 9,5 points, Karjakin has 8,5 points, Radjabov – 8 points, Wang Yue – 7 points.
Aronian – Wang Yue, blindfold game: 1:0
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.h3 Be7 11.Bb3 e5 12.0-0 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bf4 0-0 15.Qd3 Nfd5 16.Be5 a5 17.a4 Re8 18.f4 Qd7 19.f5 f6 20.Bg3 g5 21.Ne4 Rad8 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Nc8 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.Bf2 Qe2 26.Rfe1 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Kf8 28.Red1 Re2 29.R1d2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Ke8 31.g4 Nf4 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Be1 Nd3 34.Bxa5 Ke8 35.Be6 Ne7 36.b4 Nf4 37.Bc4 Nxh3 38.Kf1 Nf4 39.b5 Kd7 40.Bd2 Nfd5 41.Bd3 cxb5 42.axb5 b6 43.cxb6 Nxb6 44.Kf2 Ned5 45.Bc1 Kd6 46.Ba3 Ke5 47.Be2 Kd4 48.Ke1 Nf4 49.Bf3 Nfd5 50.Bf8 Nd7 51.Bxg7 Kc5 52.Kf1 N7b6 53.Be2 Nd7 54.Bf3 N7b6 55.Ke2 Kxb5 56.Kd3 Nb4 57.Kd4 Nd7 58.Bd1 Ka5 59.Bb3 Nc6 60.Kd5 Nce5 61.Kd6 Kb5 62.Bd1 Kc4 63.Ke7 Kc5 64.Bxf6 Nxf6 65.Kxf6 Kd6 66.Kxg5 Ke7
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Wang Yue – Aronian, rapid game: 0,5:0,5
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0 0-0 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b4 Bc7 13.b5 Re8 14.a4 Nf8 15.Ba3 Ne6 16.h4 h5 17.g3 g6 18.Rac1 Kg7 19.Nb1 Qd7 20.Rc2 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Rfc1 Rec8 23.Qd1 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Bf1 Rd8 27.Bg2 b6 28.Nd2 Nd3 29.Rc6 Qe7 30.Nf1 Ne5 31.Rc1 Ne4 32.Qd4 Qf6 33.f4 Ng4 34.Rc7 Qxd4 35.exd4 Re8 36.Bf3 Nh6 37.Bxe4 Rxe4 38.Rxa7 Rxd4 39.Ne3 Ng4 40.Nxg4 hxg4 41.a5 bxa5 42.Rxa5 Rb4 43.b6 d4 44.Rd5 Kf6 45.b7 Rxb7 46.Rxd4
In the final Round 11, the pairings to compete are as follows:
Topalov – Aronian
Radjabov – Carlsen
Wang Yue – Anand
Kramnik – Leko
Morozevich – Kamsky
Karjakin – Ivanchuk