Friday, March 18, 2011

20th Amber Chess Tournament: Round 5 Results:World Nos. 2 mated in rapid chess;

World number 2 Magnus Carlsen, a 2800 rating playing like an 1800 in a blindfold game lost his queen and the game to Vasily Ivanchuk in only 29 moves of a Sicilian Defense Kan variation.
In the rapid game, Carlsen playing white was mated by Ivanchuk in only 28 moves of a French defense .

5.1     IVANCHUK        2.0       VS    CARLSEN         0
         Blindfold       Ivanchuk      1.0  :     Carlsen         0     Sicilian Defense, 29 moves
         Rapid           Carlsen            0  :     Ivanchuk     1.0    French Defense  28 moves

5.2     KRAMNIK          1.0        VS    GELFAND       1.0
          Blindfold     Kramnik       0     :     Gelfand      1.0     Slav, Exchange   37 moves
          Rapid         Gelfand         0     :     Kramnik     1.0     Nimzo Indian ; 44 moves

5.3    GASHIMOV         0           VS    ARONIAN       2.0
         Blindfold      Gashimov     0    :    Aronian      1.0      Ruy Lopez; Berlin  74 moves
         Rapid          Aronian       1.0   :    Gashimov     0      Slav Defense; 35 moves

5.4    ANAND             1.0           VS   KARJAKIN       1.0
         Blindfold     Anand       0.5     :    Karjakin    0.5       Nimzo Indian  23 moves
         Rapid         Karjakin    0.5     :    Anand       0.5        Sicilian Najdorf 52 moves

5.5   GIRI                  1.5             VS    NAKAMURA     0.5
        Blindfold      Giri         1.0       :    Nakamura     0     Ruy Lopez;Chigorin ; 54 moves
        Rapid         Nakamura  0.5    :    Giri          0.5        Grunfeld;  50 moves

5.6    TOPALOV      1.0             VS   GRISCHUK        1.0
        Blindfold       Topalov     1.0   :    Grischuk      0       Sicilian,Najdorf ;  70 moves
        Rapid           Grischuk    1.0   :    Topalov       0        Dutch Defense 2. Bg5 variation 44 moves.

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 5
8.0  points ------         ARONIAN
6.5 points ------          ANAND
6.0 points ------          CARLSEN
5.5 points ------          GRISCHUK
5.0 pointers ----          KARJAKIN ;   TOPALOV
4.5 pointers -----        GELFAND ; NAKAMURA
4.0 pointers -----         GASHIMOV ; IVANCHUK
3.5 pointers -----         GIRI ;    KRAMNIK

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