ARONIAN DOING (SOMEWHAT) BETTER AT AMBER CHESS TOURNAMENT

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11:05 ~U 24.03.10

With a rest day off yesterday, the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid
chess tournament held in France resumed yesterday. In Round 9, Levon
Aronian played against Ukrainian player Ruslan Ponomariov, in which the
Armenian Grandmaster won the blindfold round, while his opponent beat
him in the rapid round. The final score was 1-1, reports Armsport.am.

The rapid and blindfold events are separate competitions, but the
scores from each event are also combined to crown an overall winner.

Here are the standings after Round 9:

Blindfold 1. Grischuk 7 2. Carlsen 5½ Ivanchuk 5½ 4. Gelfand 5 Karjakin
5 Kramnik 5 7. Gashimov 4½ Svidler 4½ 9. Ponomariov 4 10. Aronian 3
Smeets 3 12. Dominguez 2

Rapid 1. Ivanchuk 6½ 2. Carlsen 6 Kramnik 6 4. Gelfand 5½ 5. Aronian
5 Gashimov 5 Karjakin 5 8. Svidler 4½ 9. Grischuk 4 10. Ponomariov
3½ 11. Dominguez 2 12. Smeets 1

Combined 1. Ivanchuk 12 2. Carlsen 11½ 3. Grischuk 11 Kramnik 11
5. Gelfand 10½ 6. Karjakin 10 7. Gashimov 9½ 8. Svidler 9 9. Aronian
8 10. Ponomariov 7½ 11. Dominguez 4 Smeets 4