Amber 2011 R3: Aronian and Carlsen in joint lead

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Aronian and Carlsen in Amber Blindfold & Rapid Tournament

Hi everyone,

The 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament is taking place at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 24, 2011. Every day four sessions are played, two blindfold and two rapid. The first session starts at 14.30h, the fourth session finishes around 20.00h. The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added.

Three rounds have been played so far and Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen are in joint lead. They played in the third round and ended with a 1-1 tie. However, the joint leader from Round 2 Alexander Grischuk lost ½-1½ to Sergey Karjakin. The Game of the Day prize went to Vugar Gashimov for his fine blindfold win against Anish Giri.

Report after round three

Blindfold Chess			Rapid Chess
Aronian-Carlsen	½-½		Carlsen-Aronian	½-½
Ivanchuk-Nakamura	0-1		Nakamura-Ivanchuk	½-½
Gashimov-Giri	1-0		Giri-Gashimov	½-½
Grischuk-Karjakin	½-½		Karjakin-Grischuk	1-0
Anand-Gelfand	½-½		Gelfand-Anand	0-1
Kramnik-Topalov	1-0		Topalov-Kramnik	1-0

You can access the official website here for more details and photos.


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