[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Amber Rapid & Blindfold: Day 7

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Amber Rapid & Blindfold: Day 7
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1206240558.shtml


   Having mentioned both a completed and an upcoming (ok, freshly
   started) event, let's return to an actually ongoing contest, the
   annual rapid & blindfold super-tournament in Nice. Yesterday's round
   saw a paucity of decisive results, but a bit more blood was spilled in
   today's action. In the blindfold games, Anand defeated Carlsen while
   Morozevich beat Ivanchuk, and in the rapid games Carlsen took his
   revenge while Aronian beat Topalov. Those rapid results were quite
   important in the battle for first. Anand's blindfold win put him in a
   tie for first with Aronian in the combined standings, but after the
   rapid Aronian retook the sole lead, and by a full point.
   All the games can be replayed on the [1]tournament site, while the
   Anand-Carlsen games and the rapid draw between van Wely and Kramnik
   are [2]here, with my brief comments.
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   Leading Blindfold Standings:
   1. Morozevich 5
   2-5. Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Carlsen 4
   Leading Rapid Standings:
   1. Aronian 5.5
   2-3. Leko, Anand 4
   Overall Standings:
   1. Aronian 9
   2. Anand 8
   3-5. Leko, Kramnik, Carlsen 7.5
   6-8. Topalov, Ivanchuk, Morozevich 7
   9. Karjakin 6.5
   10. Mamedyarov 6
   11-12. Gelfand, van Wely 5.5
   Day 8 Pairings: (Surprisingly, they're playing on Easter. Eric Liddell
   is turning over in heaven.)
   Aronian - Anand
   Carlsen - Mamedyarov
   Karjakin - Topalov
   van Wely - Leko
   Gelfand - Morozevich
   Ivanchuk - Kramnik
   (The first-named player has White in the blindfold game and Black in
   the rapid.)

References

   1. http://www.amberchess2008.com/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/amber2008_rd7.htm