ARONIAN WINS AMBER 2009 TOURNAMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.03.2009 21:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian grand master Levon Aronian won the
Champion’s title at 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament. In
the 11th tour, the Armenian grand master, drawing against Bulgaria’s
Veselin Topalov in blindfold and rapid games, won 1,5-0,5. Aronian,
outrunning India’s Viswanathan Anand by 0,5 points, won the tournament
with 14 points to his score, thus repeating his last year’s success.
The total prize-fund of 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament is
Euro 216,000.
11th tour scores
Blindfold
Alexander Morozevich (Russia)-Gata Kamsky (United States)- 1:0
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)-Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)- 1:0
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – Peter Leko (Hungary)- 1:0
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)- Levon Aronian (Armenia)- 0,5:0,5
Wang Yue (China)- Viswanathan Anand (India)- 0,5:0,5
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) – Magnus Carlsen (Norway)- 1:0
Rapid
Kamsky- Morozevich- 0,5:0,5
Ivanchuk- Karjakin-0:1
Leko- Kramnik-0:1
Aronian- Topalov- 0,5:0,5
Anand- Yue-0:1
Carlsen- Radjabov-0:1
Final standings
Levon Aronian (Armenia)-14 points
Viswanathan Anand (India)-13,5 points
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) -13,5 points
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) -13 points
Alexander Morozevich (Russia) -11 points
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) -10,5 points
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) -10,5 points
Peter Leko (Hungary)-10 points
Gata Kamsky (United States) -10 points
Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) -9,5 points
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) -9 points
Wang Yue (China) -7,5 points