Saturday, March 22, 2008

Chess News -
At $336K 17TH Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Nice, France

Saturday March 22 Round VII

Blindfold Chess -
Morozevich-Ivanchuk 1-0
Kramnik-Van Wely 1/2-1/2
Leko-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Aronian 1/2-1/2
Anand-Carlsen 1-0

Rapid Chess -
Ivanchuk-Morozevich 1/2-1/2
Van Wely-Kramnik 1/2-1/2
Gelfand-Leko 1/2-1/2
Karjakin-Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2
Aronian-Topalov 1-0
Carlsen-Anand 1-0

Anand scored important victory in Blindfold against Carlsen in 47 moves playing with white-pieces ... With that win Anand joined leader Aronian at 8 pts ... But in Rapid Carlsen scored victory over Anand in 48 moves and Aronian scored win over Topalov to remain leading by 1 pt over Anand.

His eighth round match against Aronian is important for his title race.

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