ANAND HELD BY GELFAND; ARONIAN WINS AMBER WITH ROUND TO SPARE
The Hindu
March 27 2008
India
Nice (France) (PTI): World champion Viswanathan Anand’s form in
rapid chess was found wanting again as he squandered lead against
Boris Gelfand of Israel and settled for a 1-1 draw in the 10th and
penultimate round of the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament
here.
Anand won the blindfold game showing his depth in preparation but
slipped yet again in his favourite Rapid format, giving Gelfand a
chance to equalise.
The Indian now stands joint sixth in overall standings with just one
round to go and has no chance of winning any title this year.
Levon Aronian of Armenia won the tournament with one round to spare
after settling for two draws with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.
The Armenian took his overall tally to 13.5 points in all and remained
2.5 points ahead of nearest rivals Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Peter
Leko of Hungary, Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Kramnik, who all have
11 points apiece.
Anand stands joint sixth in overall standings now with 10 points along
with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and Alexander Morozevich of Russia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
