20th Amber Chess Tournament: Round 8 Results: 6 out of 6 for White in rapid chess! Blindfold games all ended indraw

It's 6 out of 6 for the white pieces in rapid chess while all blindfold games ended in a draw in the eight round of the 20th Amber Chess. Levon Aronian maintain his slim lead with 11.5 points.
One half point  behind is Magnus Carlsen with 11 points.Ivanchuk pick up his 3rd straight victory for a share of 3rd and 4th place with Viswanathan Anand both with 8.5 points.

8.1          GELFAND          0.5     VS     IVANCHUK     1.5
           Blindfold:   Gelfand      0.5    :    Ivanchuk     0.5    Tarrasch Defense   89 moves
           Rapid  :      Ivanchuk    1.0    :   Gelfand        0       Petroff's Defense 34 moves

8.2          KRAMNIK       0.5        VS       GASHIMOV   1.5
            Blindfold :   Kramnik     0.5  :   Gashimov    0.5    Symmetrical English ;  54 moves
            Rapid :       Gashimov    1.0  :    Kramnik     0       Ruy Lopez ; Berlin Defense 39
        
8.3         ANAND          0.5          VS   ARONIAN      1.5
            Blindfold :    Anand     0.5  :    Aronian     0.5      Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense 19 moves
            Rapid :        Aronian    1.0   :   Anand       0         QGD Semi-Tarrasch   59 moves

8.4        TOPALOV     0.5         VS   CARLSEN        1.5
            Blindfold :     Topalov   0.5   :    Carlsen   0.5       Ruy Lopez ; Breyer  variation
            Rapid  :        Carlsen     1.0   :    Topalov   0        Closed Sicilian ; 29 moves

8.5       GRISCHUK     0.5    VS   NAKAMURA       1.5
           Blindfold  :     Grischuk     0.5  :   Nakamura   0.5    Dutch Defense   67 moves
           Rapid  :         Nakamura   1.0  :   Grischuk       0     KID Classical   61 moves

8.6      KARJAKIN       0.5      VS     GIRI          1.5
           Blindfold  :     Karjakin   0.5  : Giri     0.5               Petroff's Defense 38 moves
           Rapid :          Giri          1.0    :    Karjakin     0      English Opening ; Four Knights 36 moves


STANDINGS AFTER ROUND   8

11 5  points  -      Aronian
11.0 points    -     Carlsen
8.5   points  ---    Anand ;   Ivanchuk
8.0 pointers ---    Grischuk ;   Gashimov
7.5 pointers  ---    Topalov ; Nakamura
7.0 points ---        Karjakin ;  Gelfand
6.0 points  ----      Giri
5.5 points ---         Kramnik