17/03/2010 13:45
Levon Aronyan got half points in the game with Ivanchuk
In the 4th round of the chess tournament “Amber” taking place in French Nice city in the “blind” and fast chess Levon Aronyan received only half points in the game against Vasili Ivanchuk. The “Blind” game he ended in draw and in fast chess he conceded his rival and took the 10th place in the tournament list.
“Blind” chess 4th round
Alexander Grishchuk – Peres Dominges 1:0
Magnus Karlsen – Yan Smiths 1:0
Ruslan Ponomaryov-Vugar Hashimov 0,5:0,5
Boris Gelfand-Vladimir Kramnik 1:0
Pyotr Svidler-Sergey Karyakin 0:1
Vasili Ivanchuk-Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Ne3 a5 15. Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. f3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. d4 Qf6 22. Bc4 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Kg1 1/2:1/2:
Tournament list
1. Vasili Ivanchuk -3 points
2. Alexander Grishchuk -3
3. Magnus Karlsen -3
4. Ruslan Ponomaryov -2,5
5. Boris Gelfand -2,5
6. Sergey Karyakin -2,5
7. Vugar Hashimov -2
8. Levon Aronyan -1,5
9. Pyotr Svidler -1,5
10. Vladimir Kramnik -1,5
11. Peres Dominges -0,5
12. Yan Smiths -0,5
Fast chess. 4th round
Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand 0:1
Peres Dominges - Alexander Grishchuk 0:1
Vugar Hashimov - Ruslan Ponomaryov 1:0
Sergey Karyakin - Pyotr Svidler 0:1
Yan Smiths - Magnus Karlsen 0:1
Levon Aronyan - Vasili Ivanchuk 0:1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. axb4 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxe6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Qb7+ Be7 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Nd7 Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qe4 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rd5 Qh3 34. Qd4 Bxg3 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Bf5 0:1:
Tournament list
1. Vasili Ivanchuk -3 points
2. Magnus Karlsen -3
3. Boris Gelfand -2,5
4. Vladimir Kramnik -2,5
5. Ruslan Ponomaryov -2
6. Alexander Grishchuk -2
7. Pyotr Svidler -2
8. Levon Aronyan -2
9. Peres Dominges -1,5
10. Vugar Hashimov -1,5
11. Sergey Karyakin -1
12. Yan Smiths -1
The General tournament list after the 4th round
1. Vasili Ivanchuk -6 points
2. Magnus Karlsen -6
3. Boris Gelfand -5
4. Alexander Grishchuk -5
5. Ruslan Ponomaryov -4,5
6. Vladimir Kramnik -4
7. Pyotr Svidler -3,5
8. Vugar Hashimov -3,5
9. Sergey Karyakin -3,5
10. Levon Aronyan -3,5
9. Peres Dominges -2
12. Yan Smiths -1,5