Amber R2: Carlsen, Aronian, Grischuk in lead

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Magnus Carlsen joined Levon Aronian and Alexander Grischuk in the shared lead in the overall standings by defeating Vugar Gashimov 2-0. Aronian beat Hikaru Nakamura 1½-½, while Grischuk had the same result in his mini-match against former co-leader Boris Gelfand. Carlsen’s rapid win with the black pieces won the € 1,000 Game of the Day Prize. The Game of the Day Prize in Round 1 was won by Alexander Grischuk for his blindfold win against Vladimir Kramnik (which he gratefully accepted saying that he thought that Carlsen’s rapid win against Nakamura should in fact have won the prize!).

Results of Round 2

Sunday, March 13, Round 2
14.30	Blindfold	Topalov ½-½ Karjakin	Kramnik ½-½ Anand	Gelfand 0-1 Grischuk
16.00		Carlsen 1-0 Gashimov	Giri ½-½ Ivanchuk	Nakamura 0-1 Aronian
17.45	Rapid	Karjakin ½-½ Topalov	Anand ½-½ Kramnik	Grischuk ½-½ Gelfand
19.15		Gashimov 0-1 Carlsen	Ivanchuk ½-½ Giri	Aronian ½-½ Nakamura

Amber Tournament 2011 | Blindfold | Round 2 Standings

Rank	Name	Rating	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Pts	SB
1	Grischuk,A	2747	3035						1	1						2	1.5
2	Aronian,L	2808	3037								1				1	2	1
3	Carlsen,M	2815	2951					1			½					1.5	1.25
4	Anand,V	2817	2971							½				1		1.5	0.75
5	Gashimov,V	2746	2797			0						1				1	0.5
6	Gelfand,B	2733	2762	0									1			1	0.5
7	Kramnik,V	2785	2591	0			½									0.5	0.75
8	Nakamura,Hi	2774	2621		0	½										0.5	0.75
9	Ivanchuk,V	2779	2527					0							½	0.5	0.25
10	Karjakin,Sergey	2776	2563						0					½		0.5	0.25
11	Topalov,V	2775	2606				0						½			0.5	0.25
12	Giri,A	2690	2603		0							½				0.5	0.25

Amber Tournament 2011 | Rapid | Round 2 Standings

Rank	Name	Rating	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Pts	SB
1	Carlsen,M	2815	3058							1	1					2	1.5
2	Grischuk,A	2747	2950			½						1				1.5	1.25
3	Gelfand,B	2733	2952		½								1			1.5	1.25
4	Aronian,L	2808	2923								½				1	1.5	0.75
5	Anand,V	2817	2780						½			½				1	0.75
6	Topalov,V	2775	2797					½					½			1	0.75
7	Gashimov,V	2746	2797	0										1		1	0.5
8	Nakamura,Hi	2774	2621	0			½									0.5	0.75
9	Kramnik,V	2785	2591		0			½								0.5	0.5
10	Karjakin,Sergey	2776	2563			0			½							0.5	0.5
11	Ivanchuk,V	2779	2527							0					½	0.5	0.25
12	Giri,A	2690	2603				0							½		0.5	0.25

Amber Tournament 2011 | Combined | Round 2 Standings

Rank	Name	Rating	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	Pts	SB
1	Grischuk,A	2747	3097				1½					11				3.5	5.75
2	Carlsen,M	2815	3098						11		½1					3.5	5.5
3	Aronian,L	2808	3070								1½				11	3.5	3.5
4	Gelfand,B	2733	2850	0½									11			2.5	3.75
5	Anand,V	2817	2869							1½		½½				2.5	3.25
6	Gashimov,V	2746	2797		00									11		2	2
7	Topalov,V	2775	2708					0½					½½			1.5	2.25
8	Nakamura,Hi	2774	2621		½0	0½										1	3.5
9	Kramnik,V	2785	2591	00				½½								1	2.5
10	Karjakin,Sergey	2776	2563				00			½½						1	1.5
11	Ivanchuk,V	2779	2527						00						½½	1	1
12	Giri,A	2690	2603			00								½½		1	1

Monday, March 14, Round 3
14.30	Blindfold	Aronian-Carlsen	Ivanchuk-Nakamura	Gashimov-Giri
16.00		Grischuk-Karjakin	Anand-Gelfand	Kramnik-Topalov
17.45	Rapid	Carlsen-Aronian	Nakamura-Ivanchuk	Giri-Gashimov
19.15		Karjakin-Grischuk	Gelfand-Anand	Topalov-Kramnik

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