20th Amber Chess Tournament: Round 6 Results: Ivanchuk scores! demolished Anand 1.5: 0.5

Vasily Ivanchuk follow up his 2: 0 victory against Magnus Carlsen with a 1.5 0.5 demolition of World number 1 Viswanathan Anand in the sixth round of the 20th Amber Chess Tournament.


6.1        ANAND               0.5      VS      IVANCHUK       1.5
           Blindfold  \:      Anand     0.5  :  Ivanchuk   0.5      Ruy Lopez; Chigorin Def. 49 moves
           Rapid :          Ivanchuk    1.0  :  Anand       0         Anti-Kings Indian ;  41 moves

6.2      TOPALOV           0.5        VS    GASHIMOV        1.5
           Blindfold :    Topalov      0.5  :   Gashimov    0.5     Modern Defense ; 39 moves
           Rapid  :       Gashimov    1.0  :   Topalov      0        English Opening ; 45 moves

6.3      GELFAND          1.5         VS    NAKAMURA      0.5
           Blindfold :    Gelfand      0.5   :   Nakamura    0.5    KID , Fianchetto ; 33 moves
           Rapid ;       Nakamura    0     :   Gelfand        1.0     Nimz0-Indian;Rubinstein 35 moves

6.4      KRAMNIK          1.5         VS      GIRI           0.5
          Blindfold :        Kramnik   0.5 :     Giri       0.5         English Opening  59 moves
          Rapid :             Giri          0    :     Kramnik    1.0     QGD, Ragozin    67 moves

6.5      KARJAKIN        0.5            VS   CARLSEN     1.5
          Blindfold :     Karjakin       0.5  :    Carlsen      0.5    French Defense ;  43 moves
          Rapid ;         Carlsen        1.0   :    Karjakin      0     Ruy Lopez, Closed Anti Marshall ; 34 moves

6.6     GRISCHUK            1.5         VS  ARONIAN      0.5
         Blindfold ;       Grischuk      0.5   :    Aronian     0.5    Slav Defense    31 moves
         Rapid :            Aronian       0      ;    Grischuk    1.0    Modern Benoni, Fianchetto 43 moves

Standings After  Round  6

8.5  points  -                  ARONIAN
7.5  points ----              CARLSEN
7.0 pointers ----            ANAND ;   GRISCHUK
6.0  points ----              GELFAND
5.5  pointers ---             KARJAKIN ;  TOPALOV ;  GASHIMOV ; IVANCHUK
5.0  pointers ----           NAKAMURA ;  KRAMNIK
4.0  points  -----            GIRI