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All information Melody Amber

14 March 2008 10:21 AM | Last modified: 18:41


The 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament is held from March 15 to March 27 (last round) at the five-star luxury Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée, ideally situated at the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice.

Twelve top grandmasters from ten different countries take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro. The Amber tournament is organised by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco and generously sponsored by Mr and Mrs Van Oosterom.

The Amber tournament is one of the most prestigious chess events in the world and the only one in which half of the games are played blindfold, i.e. without the players seeing board and pieces. ChessVibes will be in Nice throughout the tournament, presenting on-the-spot coverage, stories, interviews and videos.

Amber 2008 | Blind | Final Standings

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2    
1 Kramnik 2799 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5/11 36.00
2 Aronian 2739 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5/11 36.00
3 Morozevich 2765 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6.5/11 34.25
4 Topalov 2780 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6.5/11 34.00
5 Leko 2753 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.0/11 31.50
6 Anand 2799 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0/11 30.50
7 Carlsen 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 6.0/11 30.25
8 Karjakin 2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0/11 26.00
9 Van Wely 2681 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 5.0/11 25.00
10 Ivanchuk 2751 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 4.5/11 25.00
11 Mamedyarov 2760 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 4.5/11 22.75
12 Gelfand 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 3.0/11  

Amber 2008 | Rapid | Final Standings

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2    
1 Aronian 2739 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.0/11  
2 Ivanchuk 2751 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 6.5/11  
3 Gelfand 2737 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 6.0/11 33.25
4 Leko 2753 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6.0/11 32.00
5 Carlsen 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 6.0/11 30.50
6 Kramnik 2799 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 5.5/11 31.25
7 Topalov 2780 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.5/11 26.75
8 Anand 2799 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 5.0/11  
9 Mamedyarov 2760 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 4.5/11 25.00
10 Morozevich 2765 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 4.5/11 23.75
11 Karjakin 2732 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 4.5/11 23.50
12 Van Wely 2681 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 4.0/11  

Amber 2008 | Combined | Final Standings

      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2    
1 Aronian 2739 ** ½½ ½½ ½1 ½1 ½1 1½ 11 ½1 ½0 ½½ ½1 14.5/22  
2 Kramnik 2799 ½½ ** ½1 ½1 1½ ½½ ½0 1½ ½½ ½½ ½0 ½½ 12.0/22 133.50
3 Leko 2753 ½½ ½0 ** 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ 12.0/22 128.00
4 Topalov 2780 ½0 ½0 1½ ** ½½ 10 ½½ 01 ½1 ½½ 1½ ½1 12.0/22 126.50
5 Carlsen 2733 ½0 0½ ½½ ½½ ** 0½ 01 ½½ 10 1½ 11 11 12.0/22 123.75
6 Ivanchuk 2751 ½0 ½½ ½½ 01 1½ ** ½1 0½ ½1 ½1 0½ ½0 11.0/22 120.00
7 Anand 2799 0½ ½1 ½0 ½½ 10 ½0 ** 01 1½ 10 ½1 ½½ 11.0/22 117.50
8 Morozevich 2765 00 0½ ½0 10 ½½ 1½ 10 ** ½1 ½1 ½½ 1½ 11.0/22 113.75
9 Karjakin 2732 ½0 ½½ ½½ ½0 01 ½0 0½ ½0 ** 1½ ½½ ½1 9.5/22  
10 Gelfand 2737 ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½0 01 ½0 0½ ** 01 0½ 9.0/22 104.00
11 Mamedyarov 2760 ½½ ½1 0½ 0½ 00 1½ ½0 ½½ ½½ 10 ** 0½ 9.0/22 100.50
12 Van Wely 2681 ½0 ½½ 0½ ½0 00 ½1 ½½ 0½ ½0 1½ 1½ ** 9.0/22 96.00



Written by peter | Filed under Blindfold chess, Rapid chess, Tournaments 

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9 Responses to “All information Melody Amber”

  1. Partidas de ajedrez comentadas on 14 March 2008 12:06 PM

    Este toneo es muy divertido y dinámico.
    Seguro que nos divertimos con sus partidas

  2. Frank Sträter on 14 March 2008 6:46 PM

    “…without the players seeing board and pieces…” Aren’t they going to play on the blank board on the computer this time? (with board and without pieces).

  3. Jan on 15 March 2008 10:47 AM

    Previous years they only had a screen, not a board.

  4. HetMes on 18 March 2008 10:10 PM

    What’s the result of v. Wely - Gelfland this evening? Transmission from the official site stopped after the 14th move or something.

  5. tim gluckman on 19 March 2008 10:16 AM

    Gelfand,.Lubo, Topa, Moro Vas. Hi Pete, Can we have the whole press conference. I would have liked Gelfand geometrising around the board; conforontation with Lubo is funny! Thanks for some very cool editing. I liked the Gelfand special especially. You have a nice style to summarise.

  6. tim gluckman on 19 March 2008 1:30 PM

    Ivanchuk’s queen sac steals all the honours. Greetings from Remagen (”Bridge of” / “Miracle of”() where Ivanchuk is our preferred board one (in the Bundesliga of course)..

  7. Vahag on 25 March 2008 10:06 PM

    Aronian’s play is very impressive. I would even say, that the “stormic” way he crushed all of his rivals makes of Amber a one-player-tournament. This doesn’t mean that the others are weaker or less interesting players, but still… world champions and superplayers like Kramnik, Leko, Carlsen are 2.5 points behind’im , Topalov and Ivanchuk - 3 points, Anand -3.5 and etc. And it really sounds silly, when people say, “well it’s nothing, they are playin’ 4 fun”.

  8. Ron on 26 March 2008 1:08 AM

    Wait until Kramnik-Aronian!

  9. Vahag on 26 March 2008 9:58 PM

    Ron, Kramnik - Aronian 1-1, so I guess it is high time to congratulate Levon. With one round to spare, he became the Champion of the Amber with a very solid 2.5-point lead over his closest pursuers. Not bad huh, takin’ into consideration the number of champions (former and present) and challengers.

    So my congratulations to the admirers of Aronian’s talent. I guess he’s ready to join the club of Classical World Champions and to become another Armenian chessplayer after Petrosian and Kasparov to hold this title.

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