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At 2011 Amber Chess Tournament,

Round 9 - Tuesday 22 March
Blind
Gashimov-Gelfand 1-0
Giri-Grischuk ½-½
Carlsen-Anand 0-1
Nakamura-Topalov 1-0
Aronian-Kramnik 1-0
Ivanchuk-Karjakin ½-½

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

Anand and Carlsen match played like WR#1 and WR#2 ... Anand won Blind match to take lead but Carlsen fought back winning Rapid game ... Both players won their matches with black ... Aronian scored win over Kramnik winning Blind game.

After 9 rounds Aronian is leading with 13 pts and Carlsen is on second with 12 pts ... Grischuk joined Anand and Ivanchuk on third place with 9½ pts.