16th Amber Tournament

Zander 88

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16 Mar 07 21:15

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

16 Mar 07 21:15

I think it starts tomorrow. Here is the list of particpants:

Vishy Anand,
Vladimir Kramnik
Vasily Ivanchuk
Peter Leko
Levon Aronian
Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand
Teimour Radjabov
Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen
Loek van Wely
Francisco Vallejo Pons

Going to be exciting. Pick your favorites.

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Wisconsin USA

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16 Mar 07 22:07

I'm picking Gelfand because nobody ever picks him 🙂

jacr100

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Moves: 808

16 Mar 07 22:45

Morozevich is the strongest at blindfold by a mile, which will give him a big advantage. Anand might take him to the wire, but I'll back Moro to edge it overall.

cmsMaster

Joined: 02 Feb 06
Moves: 8557

17 Mar 07 01:42

Originally posted by Zander 88
I think it starts tomorrow. Here is the list of particpants:

Vishy Anand,
Vladimir Kramnik
Vasily Ivanchuk
Peter Leko
Levon Aronian
Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand
Teimour Radjabov
Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen
Loek van Wely
Francisco Vallejo Pons

Going to be exciting. Pick your favorites.

Does Polgar ever play anymore?

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

17 Mar 07 02:10

which one?

cmsMaster

Joined: 02 Feb 06
Moves: 8557

17 Mar 07 02:10

Originally posted by Zander 88
which one?

Judit

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

17 Mar 07 02:20

yeah. She took a long break but is back. I know she has a match against Bareev. I think she will win. Then I think she plays the winner of the Leko-Gurevich match.

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

17 Mar 07 15:53

2 edits

First round of games are going.
Leko-Svidler 0-1
Aronian-Vallejo Pons 1-0
Gelfand-Carlsen 1/2-1/2

Radjabov-Kramnik
Morozevich-Anand
Van Wely-Ivanchuk
*currently in progress

http://www.amberchess.com/
They are playing blindfold right now. Later today they play a rapid game against each other.

EDIT- wow. both moro and kramnik are tearing their opponents up!
EDIT-Radjabov can resign. Kramnik shows why he is #1.

omulcusobolani

Joined: 15 Jul 06
Moves: 1598

17 Mar 07 16:46

Originally posted by Zander 88
First round of games are going.
Leko-Svidler 0-1
Aronian-Vallejo Pons 1-0
Gelfand-Carlsen 1/2-1/2

Radjabov-Kramnik
Morozevich-Anand
Van Wely-Ivanchuk
*currently in progress

http://www.amberchess.com/
They are playing blindfold right now. Later today they play a rapid game against each other.

EDIT- wow. both moro and kramnik are tearing their opponents up!
EDIT-Radjabov can resign. Kramnik shows why he is #1.

You mean Kramnik and Ivanchuk right? As far as I can see Moro isn't crushing Anand.

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

17 Mar 07 16:51

1 edit

Moro isn't crushing, but I like his position a lot better. Radjabov is defending tenaciously. Don't think he can hold on though. Ivanchuk wins in great style.

Anand falls apart at the end, Kramnik is still grinding away.

Zander 88

Joined: 18 Feb 07
Moves: 1345

17 Mar 07 17:05

Radjabov blunders, don't know if he could fortress up with perfect defense.

Radjabov-Kramnik 0-1
Morozevich-Anand 1-0
Van Wely-Ivanchuk 0-1

Check out the games. This is why they are my favorite players 🙂
Rapids later tonight, very exciting. Next up is Rapids for group 1, then this group.