Aronian Leading Amber 2009 Tournament

ARONIAN LEADING AMBER 2009 TOURNAMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.03.2009 14:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the 3rd tour of Amber Chess Tournament 2009
launched on Mar. 14-26, 2009 in Nice, France, the Armenian grand master
Levon Aronian drew his game against US chess player Gata Kamsky. The
Olympic champion beat Kamsky in a blindfold game and was beaten by
him in a rapid game. Aronian and Morozevich, who drew his game against
Azeri Teimour Radjabov, are leading the tournament with 4 points each.

In the 4th tour of Amber 2009 Levon Aronian will rival Indian grand
master Viswanathan Anand.

Score after 3rd tour

Blindfold

Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) – Alexander Morozevich (Russia)- 0,5:0,5
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)- Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)- 0,5:0,5 Wang Yue
(China) – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)- 0:1 Viswanathan Anand (India)-
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)- 0:1 Levon Aronian (Armenia)- Gata Kamsky
(United States) – 1:0 Peter Leko (Hungary)- Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
– 1:0

Rapid

Morozevich – Radjabov – 0,5:0,5 Kramnik – Karjakin – 0,5:0,5 Topalov
– Wang Yue – 0,5:0,5 Carlsen – Anand – 0,5:0,5 Kamsky – Aronian –
1:0 Ivanchuk – Leko – 1:0

Standings after 3rd tour

Aronian, Morozevich – 4 points each, Carlsen, Kramnik, Topalov –
3,5 points each, Anand, Karjakin, Leko – по 3 points each, Kamsky,
Radjabov -2,5 points each, Ivanchuk – 2 points, Wang Yue -1 point.