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Mar-23-11
 | | Kinghunt: The simple answer is d8 and h4 are forked in the final position, and black's attack is nowhere near strong enough to be worth a piece. |
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| Mar-23-11 | | shalgo: For what it's worth, the games are also being broadcast, with the proper captions at the Rapid tournament page: 20th Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2011) |
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| Mar-23-11 | | kia0708: why Carlsen is so poor in blindfold ?
just 2 wins to Aronian 6 |
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Mar-23-11
| | Kinghunt: < kia0708: why Carlsen is so poor in blindfold ?
just 2 wins to Aronian 6>
You do know that only two of the 12 players (Aronian and Gashimov) have more than two blindfold wins, right? |
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| Mar-23-11 | | rifraf: I don't understand the recap on the main site - isn't there still one more round? |
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Mar-23-11
 | | Domdaniel: <rifraf> I just saw that -- the account of Amber under <new games> on the homepage refers to the event in the past tense, with overall victory for Aronian. That may be a near-certainty, but there *is* one round left in both blindfold and rapid. It starts two hours earlier than usual, on Thursday 24th. Tomorrow. |
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Mar-23-11
 | | HeMateMe: Looks like Aronian will win the combined. A special player and, I think, early favorite to play Anand for the title. |
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| Mar-23-11 | | kia0708: BTW, where are the combined standings for rapid and blindfold ? |
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| Mar-23-11 | | siamesedream: <kia0708>http://www.amberchess20.com/standin... |
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Mar-23-11
| | HeMateMe: chessbase does a little combined, on each report. but, Aronian is the clear winner, atop the blindfold, and a high score in Rapids, too. |
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Mar-23-11
 | | sevenseaman: With 1 point overall lead, Aronian is hardly likely to miss out in the last round. I will have to say I have been more impressed with Carlsen's dominant play. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | Xeroxx: <kia0708: why Carlsen is so poor in blindfold ? just 2 wins to Aronian 6>Yes, if you have two wins in a tournament you are very poor. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | Mr. Bojangles: This will prolly be the 3rd time Aronian is winning the BF category. |
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Mar-24-11
 | | soldal: Last round has started.
http://www.amberchess20.com/PGNView... |
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Mar-24-11
| | Domdaniel: They think it's all over. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | firebyrd: <With 1 point overall lead, Aronian is hardly likely to miss out in the last round.> Probably, but Carlsen is surely capable of going 2-0 over Gelfand, and Karjakin is capable of holding Aronian to 1-1, so a shared win for Carlsen is not completely out of the question. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | znsprdx: Amber 2011
Thursday 9am EDST March 24 There are 12 players hence ELEVEN rounds- why on home page is <CG> posting results as is if tournament is over? |
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Mar-24-11
| | Domdaniel: Anand beat Giri. After many ups and downs, Topalov and Ivanchuk are probably drawing. Likewise Gris'n'Gash, a R+N-vs-R ending which could reach move 140. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | anandrulez: Anand shows he is solid with a +3 in BF .
But his Rapid is dissapointing he is -1 in that format. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | shalgo: No live coverage today? |
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| Mar-24-11 | | shalgo: Yesterday we had a 50-move-rule draw in R+B v. R, and today we had one in R+N v. R. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | turbo231: Gris and Gas played a very good blindfold. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | turbo231: <shalgo: No live coverage today?> I think chessgames.com got tired of the criticism concerning their coverage. One member yesterday said it was laughable. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | shalgo: Aronian has been playing very fast. His 15.Ne5 appears to be a novelty; 15.Nb3 and 15.Qc2 have each been played several times. |
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| Mar-24-11 | | shalgo: Carlsen-Gelfand has become very sharp. The position after 14...Re4:
click for larger view |
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