[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Amber Rapid & Blindfold: The 11th and Final Round

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Amber Rapid & Blindfold: The 11th and Final Round
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1206659980.shtml


   There weren't too many short draws, but there were no changes in the
   overall standings. (There were, however, important changes in the
   specifically rapid and blindfold standings.) The Kramnik-Karjakin,
   Anand-van Wely, Leko-Aronian and Morozevich-Carlsen matches consisted
   only of draws, while in the Mamedyarov-Gelfand and Topalov-Ivanchuk
   contests the first-named player won with White in blindfold and lost
   with Black in rapid chess. Here are the complete final standings:
   Final Blindfold Standings: (In tiebreak order)
   1-4. Kramnik, Aronian, Morozevich, Topalov 6.5 (of 11)
   5-7. Leko, Anand, Carlsen 6
   8-9. Karjakin, van Wely 5
   10-11. Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov 4.5
   12. Gelfand 3
   Final Rapid Standings:
   1. Aronian 8
   2. Ivanchuk 6.5
   3-5. Gelfand, Leko, Carlsen 6
   6-7. Kramnik, Topalov 5.5 (United again - and in both disciplines.)
   8. Anand 5(!)
   9-11. Mamedyarov, Morozevich, Karjakin 4.5
   12. van Wely 4
   Final Combined Standings:
   1. Aronian 14.5
   2-5. Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, Carlsen 12
   6-8. Ivanchuk, Anand, Morozevich 11
   9. Karjakin 9.5
   10-12. Gelfand, Mamedyarov, van Wely 9
   All the games can be replayed on the [1]tournament website, while
   Gelfand-Mamedyarov, with my notes, is [2]here.
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References

   1. http://www.amberchess2008.com/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/amber2008_rd11.htm