Amber R10: Aronian goes into final round with one point lead ahead of Carlsen

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Grandmaster Levon Aronian has played one steady-strong variety of chess at the jubilee edition of the Amber Chess 2011. The traditional tournament ends with the last round coming up today. And, Aronian goes into the last round with a full one point lead over Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen has already won the Rapid Section ahead of Aronian while Aronian has won the Blindfold Section ahead of Anand. Here are the Round 10 standings and results.

Standings after the tenth round

Blindfold		Rapid		Combined
1. Aronian 8 2. Anand 6 3. Gashimov 5½ Grischuk 5½ 4. Carlsen 5 Gelfand 5 Karjakin 5 Nakamura 5 5. Ivanchuk 4½ 6. Topalov 4 7. Giri 3½ 8. Kramnik 3		1. Carlsen 8½ 2. Aronian 6½ 3. Ivanchuk 6 4. Anand 5 Topalov 5 5. Gelfand 4½ Grischuk 4½ Nakamura 4½ 6. Gashimov 4 Karjakin 4 Kramnik 4 7. Giri 3½		1. Aronian 14½ 2. Carlsen 13½ 3. Anand 11 4. Ivanchuk 10½ 5. Grischuk 10 6. Gashimov 9½ Gelfand 9½ Nakamura 9½ 7. Karjakin 9 Topalov 9 8. Giri 7 Kramnik 7

Wednesday, March 23, Round 10
14.30	Blindfold	Topalov 0-1 Aronian	Kramnik ½-½ Ivanchuk	Karjakin ½-½ Nakamura
16.00		Gelfand 1-0 Giri	Grischuk ½-½ Carlsen	Anand ½-½ Gashimov
17.45	Rapid	Aronian ½-½ Topalov	Ivanchuk ½-½ Kramnik	Nakamura ½-½ Karjakin
19.15		Giri ½-½ Gelfand	Carlsen 1-0 Grischuk	Gashimov 0-1 Anand

You can find a detailed and nice report on each of the games at the official website. Now, some super videos. Enjoy.








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