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Amber 2009 stronger than ever

1 March 2009, 21.43 CET | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags: ,

Palais de la Mediterran?©eThe 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament, organized by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco, takes place from March 14 (first round) to March 26 (last round) at the five-star hotel Palais de la Mediterran?©e, splendidly located on the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. The total prize-fund is ‚Ǩ 216,000 and this year‚Äôs field is stronger than ever with all the world‚Äôs best players taking part.

The twelve participants are (in alphabetical order): World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States), Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Wang Yue (China).

Every day four sessions will be played, two blindfold sessions and two rapid sessions. The first session starts at 14.30 hrs. The fourth session finishes around 20.00 hrs. (Note: the final round on March 26 starts at 12.30 hrs. March 18 and 23 are rest days.) Official website: www.amberchess2009.com.

Like last year, both Macauley Peterson and yours truly have been invited to provide daily videos for the official website, so you can expect many videos again, like the ones we did last year:



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10 Responses to “Amber 2009 stronger than ever”

  1. Hortensius on March 1st, 2009 22:23

    I love the movies!

  2. jan van der marel on March 2nd, 2009 10:43

    I see KingLoek is not invited. HIs time is slowly but surely coming to an end.

  3. mark on March 2nd, 2009 15:31

    And sadly, Shirov isnt there either.

  4. Pal G. on March 2nd, 2009 16:03

    Kramnik and Topalov both in attendence. I wonder what that will do for the ambiance and aura of Amber, which is typically a casual, pleasant event.

  5. Peter Doggers on March 2nd, 2009 16:30

    Well, the answer to that can be found in last year’s videos. Both of them were there back then as well.

  6. jurgen on March 3rd, 2009 00:17

    Wang, Leko, Kramnik, Kamsky; that’s boring…

  7. sjoerd on March 3rd, 2009 03:08

    Pity not a single dutch represent.

  8. chessplanet on March 9th, 2009 15:05

    Yes, it is a treat to get Anand,Topalov,Kramnik,Morozevich,Ivanchuk ( + others ) to compete in the same tournament.

    Players do enjoy the “cote d’azur”, and the ratings-free tournament always staged in a luxurious hotel ( whether it’s Nice or Monaco ).

    The level of blindfold games is amazing, as most of the games look like GM games with novelties,tactics, tough endings. This really set them apart from most players I would think.

    For a picture of Nice, check my blog at
    http://www.top10chess.com

    One final request, it would be neat to get Nakamura ( and Bacrot / Jakovenko ) in, as he is fearless in rapid games, and probably dangerous in blindfold games.

  9. CJB on March 9th, 2009 18:16

    These blindfold games simply amaze me. Has anyone ever seen one of these Super GM’s just blank out and forget the board position in the middle of a game?

  10. Pimoles on March 9th, 2009 21:39

    I hope the Swedish wonder-boy wins!

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