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As expected, exciting chess at the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament that is taking place Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 25, 2011. The tournament is organised by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. This 20th Amber tournament is the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess. The total prize-fund is € 227,000. 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.
In Round 6, despite a 0.5-1.5 loss to Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian maintained his lead in the general standings. Magnus Carlsen is now one point behind the Armenian with his 1.5-0.5 win over Sergey Karjakin, while the talk of the sixth round was Vishy Anand's loss with the same score to Vassily Ivanchuk.
Here are the standings after Round 6 and a video.
Friday, March 18, Round 6 | ||||
14.30 | Blindfold | Gelfand ½-½ Nakamura | Grischuk ½-½ Aronian | Anand ½-½ Ivanchuk |
16.00 | Topalov ½-½ Gashimov | Kramnik ½-½ Giri | Karjakin ½-½ Carlsen | |
17.45 | Rapid | Nakamura 0-1 Gelfand | Aronian 0-1 Grischuk | Ivanchuk 1-0 Anand |
19.15 | Gashimov 1-0 Topalov | Giri 0-1 Kramnik | Carlsen 1-0 Karjakin | |
Standings after the sixth round
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You can find detailed reports on all the games at the official website here.
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