Shirov kicking!
Amber Tournament, Monaco
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament takes place 16th-28th
March 2002. There are 2 free days.
Round 5 Rapid Standings: 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 4.0; 2.
Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 4.0; 3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809
3.5; 4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 3.5; 5. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715
3.0; 6. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 2.5; 7. Morozevich, Alexander g
RUS 2742 2.0; 8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 2.0; 9. Piket, Jeroen g NED
2659 2.0; 10. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 2.0; 11. Almasi, Zoltan
g HUN 2644 1.5; 12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 0.0;
Round 5 Blindfold Standings: 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742
4.5; 2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 4.5; 3. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707
3.0; 4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 3.0; 5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 3.0;
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 2.5; 7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS
2809 2.0; 8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 2.0; 9. Piket, Jeroen g NED
2659 2.0; 10. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 1.5; 11. Ljubojevic,
Ljubomir g YUG 2548 1.0; 12. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2644 1.0;
Round 5 Combined Standings: 1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 7.5; 2.
Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 7.0; 3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742
6.5; 4. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 6.5; 5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR
2703 6.5; 6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 5.5; 7. Leko, Peter g HUN
2713 5.0; 8. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 4.0; 9. Piket, Jeroen g NED
2659 4.0; 10. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2548 3.0; 11. Almasi, Zoltan
g HUN 2644 2.5; 12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2697 2.0;
The first round was on 16th March, there are rest days on 20th and
25th March and the final round is on 28th March.