ARONIAN WINS AMBER FOR A SECOND TIME IN A ROW

armradio.am
27.03.2009 12:47

Armenian GM Levon Aronian won the 11th Amber Tournament, after winning
the 10th last year. Two draws against Veselin Topalov secured the
half-point overall victory. Equal second were Vishy Anand and Vladimir
Kramnik, with Magnus Carlsen half a point behind.

In the blindfold competition three players shared first place. Magnus
Carlsen, who had long dominated the competition, lost his last game and
this allowed Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik to catch up with him.

The rapid competition also ended in a three-way tie for first. This
year the best rapid players were Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian and
Gata Kamsky.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress