Friday, March 18, 2011

Chess News
At 2011 Amber Chess Tournament,

Round 5 - Thursday 17 March
Blind
Ivanchuk-Carlsen 1-0
Gashimov-Aronian 0-1
Giri-Nakamura 1-0
Anand-Karjakin ½-½
Topalov-Grischuk 1-0
Kramnik-Gelfand 0-1

Rapid
Carlsen-Ivanchuk 0-1
Aronian-Gashimov 1-0
Nakamura-Giri ½-½
Karjakin-Anand ½-½
Grischuk-Topalov 1-0
Gelfand-Kramnik 0-1

Russian GM Sergey Karjakin hold Anand in both matches, Other hand Aronian scored 2-0 win over Gashimov to extend the lead but Carlsen's 0-2 loss against Ivanchuk helped Anand to move on sole 2nd position.

After five rounds Aronian is leading with 8 pts, Anand is second with 6½ pts and Carlsen is third with 6 pts.

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