20th Amber Chess Tournament: Round 10 Results: Aronian maintains over-all lead, rules Blindfold event ; Carlsen top rapid event.

Levon Aronian defeated V Topalov 1.5 : 0.5 the same score of Magnus Carlsen against A. Grischuk to maintain their 1-2 positions with only one round remaining. In  other game Sergei Karjakin failed to extract a full point against Hikaru Nakamura in their blindfold games as the 50 moves rule without capture was applied, Karjakin with a rook and a bishop against Nakamura's lone rook ended in a draw in 124 moves of a French Defense.


10.1       KARJAKIN     1.0     VS   NAKAMURA    1.0
         Blindfold :    Karjakin  0.5 :   Nakamura   0.5     French Defense Classical system  124 moves
         Rapid  :       Nakamura 0.5 :  Karjakin     0.5     Nimzo-Indian Defense  56 moves

10.2      ANAND         1.5         VS    GASHIMOV    0.5
         Blindfold  :    Anand   0.5   :    Gashimov    0.5    Petroff's Defense   17 moves
         Rapid  :       Gashimov  0    :    Anand       1        French Defense Alekhine Chattard Attack 40,moves

10.3      TOPALOV      0.5          VS    ARONIAN     1.5
          Blindfold :      Topalov   0   :   Aronian    1         QGD  , Ragozin  60 m0ves
          Rapid :           Aronian    0.5  :  Topalov  0.5     English Opening  37 moves

10.4     GRISCHUK       0.5       VS   CARLSEN       1.5
           Blindfold  :    Grischuk    0.5   :    Carlsen    0.5   Queen's Indian Defense  33 moves
           Rapid :         Carlsen      1      ;    Grischuk   0     Sicilian , Najdorf   44 moves

10.5     KRAMNIK       1.0         VS    IVANCHUK     1.0
            Blindfold  :     Kramnik     0.5   :   Ivanchuk     0.5   Closed Catalan  32 moves
            Rapid :          Ivanchuk    0.5   :    Kramnik      0.5   Nimzo-Indian 34 moves

10.6     GELFAND        1.5     VS    GIRI        0.5
            Blindfold  :     Gelfand      1.0  :   Giri     0         QGD   Ragozin   29 moves
            Rapid :          Giri     0.5   :    Gelfand     0.5      Sicilian Paulsen   93 moves

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 10

14.5 points  ----    Aronian
13.5 points  -----   Carlsen
11.0 points -----    Anand
10.5 points ----     Ivanchuk
10.0 points ----     Grischuk
9.5 pointers ----    Gashimov ;  Nakamura ;  Gelfand
9.0 pointers ----    Topalov ;  Karjakin
7.0 pointers ----     Giri ;  Kramnik

BLINDFOLD STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 10
8.0 points ----     Aronian
6.0 points  ----    Anand
5.5 pointers ----  Gashimov ; Grischuk
5.0 pointers ----   Carlsen ; Gelfand ; Karjakin ; Nakamura
4.5 points ----     Ivanchuk
4.0 points ----     Topalov
3.5 points ----     Giri
3.0 points  ----    Kramnik

RAPID  STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 10
8.5 points -----    Carlsen
6.5 points ----      Aronian
6.0 points ----      Ivanchuk
5.0 pointers ----   Anand ; Topalov
4.5 pointers ----   Gelfand ; Grischuk ; Nakamura
4.0 pointers  ----   Gashimov ; Karjakin ; Kramnik
3.5 points ------    Giri