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Monday, March 14, 2011

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
11
3.5
5.75
2
Carlsen,M
2815
3098
11
½1
3.5
5.5
3
Aronian,L
2808
3070
11
3.5
3.5
4
Gelfand,B
2733
2850
11
2.5
3.75
5
Anand,V
2817
2869
½½
2.5
3.25
6
Gashimov,V
2746
2797
00
11
2
2
7
Topalov,V
2775
2708
½½
1.5
2.25
8
Nakamura,Hi
2774
2621
½0
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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1 comment:

  1. Saira Fernandes, MadridMarch 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    I want Carlsen to win as simple as that.

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