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“Amber” tournament, Nice, is currently finished. Armenian GM Levon Aronyan defeated his rival in the 11th round by 1,5:0,5 scores which, anyway didn’t do much favor to him. Levon Aronyan was, unfortunately, late and recorded his victories only when the train was gone. Our chess player scored 11 and occupied the 9th horizontal. Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen scored 14,5 and shared 1-2 horizontals.
Blindfold – 11th round
Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Smeets, Jan ½-½
Dominguez Perez - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Smeets, Jan ½-½
Dominguez Perez - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Perez Dominguez – Levon Aronyan 0:1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 d4 10. exf6 dxc3 11. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 gxf6 13. g3 e5 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Rc4 a5 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6 Rfc8 19. f3 Rd8+ 20. Kc1 Ba3 21. Be4 Rxb2 22. Rc3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rdb8 24. Rxa3 Rb1+ 25. Kc2 Rxh1 26. Rxa5 Rxh2 27. Ra6 Kg7 28. a4 Rxe2+ 29. Kd3 Rg2 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Ra5 Rxg3+ 32. Kc4 h5 33. Rb5 h4 34. a5 h3 35. Rb1 h2 36. Rh1 Rg2 37. Kb5 Rb2+ 0:1:
Final standing
1. Grischuk, Alexander 8
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 6½
3. Kramnik, Vladimir 6½
4. Carlsen, Magnus 6½
5. Gelfand, Boris 6
6. Gashimov, Vugar 5½
7. Svidler, Peter 5½
8. Karjakin, Sergey 5½
9. Aronian, Levon 5
10. Ponomariov, Ruslan 4½
11. Smeets, Jan 4
12. Dominguez Perez 2½
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 6½
3. Kramnik, Vladimir 6½
4. Carlsen, Magnus 6½
5. Gelfand, Boris 6
6. Gashimov, Vugar 5½
7. Svidler, Peter 5½
8. Karjakin, Sergey 5½
9. Aronian, Levon 5
10. Ponomariov, Ruslan 4½
11. Smeets, Jan 4
12. Dominguez Perez 2½
Rapid – 12th round
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Dominguez Perez ½-½
Smeets, Jan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Carlsen, Magnus - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Dominguez Perez ½-½
Smeets, Jan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Perez Dominguez – Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. Ne1 Be6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 Rxb2 18. Rb1 Qb8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Ne4 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Rc8 22. Bf3 h6 23. g4 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 Bf8 26. Bb7 Rd8 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Bg2 Rb8 29. Qa6 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. a4 f4 32. Ne4 Rb4 33. Rc1 Rxa4 34. h4 Rb4 35. Rc7 Rb1 36. Kh2 Bb4 37. Bh3 Bb3 38. Bf5 a4 39. Nf6 Kf8 40. Nh7 Kg8 41. Nf6 Kf8 42. Nh7 Kg8 1/2:1/2:
Final standing
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily 14.5
2. Carlsen, Magnus 14.5
3. Kramnik, Vladimir 13.0
4. Grischuk, Alexander 12.5
5. Karjakin, Sergey 12.0
6. Gashimov, Vugar 11.5
7. Gelfand, Boris 11.5
8. Svidler, Peter 11.5
9. Aronian, Levon 11.0
10. Ponomariov, Ruslan 9.0
11. Smeets, Jan 6.0
12. Dominguez Perez 5.0
2. Carlsen, Magnus 14.5
3. Kramnik, Vladimir 13.0
4. Grischuk, Alexander 12.5
5. Karjakin, Sergey 12.0
6. Gashimov, Vugar 11.5
7. Gelfand, Boris 11.5
8. Svidler, Peter 11.5
9. Aronian, Levon 11.0
10. Ponomariov, Ruslan 9.0
11. Smeets, Jan 6.0
12. Dominguez Perez 5.0
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