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Mar-26-09
 | | visayanbraindoctor: Excellent performance by Aronian. Winning blindfold, rapids, and combined! |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Ragh: <percyblakeney: Anand took his ninth Amber rapid title here, this was the third time he had to share it.> Who won it most number of times after Anand? |
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Mar-26-09
 | | amadeus: Congrats to Aronian, a deserved win.
Congrats to Anand, Carlsen, Kamsky and Kramnik too, for their shared prizes. |
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| Mar-26-09 | | percyblakeney: <Who won it most number of times after Anand?> Kramnik and Ivanchuk seem to have three wins each, but that was a while ago, Kramnik won in 1994, 1995 and 2001, Ivanchuk in 1992, 1996 and 1998. |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Augalv: Wow!, I just logged in to find out that Karjakin also beat Ivanchuk at the rapid game! |
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| Mar-26-09 | | jussu: <Augalv>, and it was again Ivanchuk who beat himself. |
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Mar-26-09
| | amadeus: Combined Standings, Amber 2009:
14.0 : Aronian [+9 -3 =10]
13.5 : Anand [+8 -3 =11]
13.5 : Kramnik [+8 -3 =11]
13.0 : Carlsen [+8 -4 =10]
11.0 : Morozevich [+7 -7 =8]
10.5 : Karjakin [+6 -7 =9]
10.5 : Topalov [+4 -5 =13]
10.0 : Kamsky [+5 -7 =10]
10.0 : Leko [+5 -7 =10]
9.5 : Ivanchuk [+4 -7 =11]
9.0 : Radjabov [+4 -8 =10]
7.5 : Wang Yue [+2 -9 =11] |
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| Mar-26-09 | | arnaud1959: Unfortunately as I was guessing almost without doubt, Kramnik won 2-0 against Leko who, I think in his head had already admitted that he was inferior to Kramnik. And/or maybe his attitude was: "I will take risks and if I lose, anyway it will be my friend who will win" |
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| Mar-26-09 | | The Rocket: why do they call Morozevich a blindfold expert?, what merits does he have that seperates him from for example Kramnik(who is not referred to as an expert). |
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Mar-26-09
 | | JointheArmy: <The Rocket>
You must be a n00b. Morozevich is usually always near the top in blindfold. This year seems an off year. Amber Blindfold (2006) 13th Amber Blindfold (2004) Amber Tournament (Blindfold) (2008) |
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Mar-26-09
 | | acirce: So, congratulations to Aronian, Aronian, Aronian, Anand, Kamsky, Kramnik and Carlsen then... Aronian's 6th Amber victory in a row! |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Absentee: How come the Drawnik trolls don't comment on the 17 moves draw between Drawnian and Drawpalov? |
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| Mar-26-09 | | drnooo: Actually WHOM is right there. Would read those WHOM the economy has etc.:: Objective case.But dont worry nobody really cares about language anymore. If they did you would see it put to a lot better use here...and on the outside. Poor old WHOM is a dying commodity. Anymore everyone just slaps WHO on everywhere they go. Less thought needed that way.As Alfred E. Nuemann says, why worry. |
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Mar-26-09
 | | alexmagnus: <JTA> Actually in terms of the score he did this year just as well as the last year and only half a point behind 2007. 2005 he scored even worse than this year. So there were only two exceptional results by Moro in blindfold, 2004 and 2006. I think Kramnik is the ral expert, with an off year in 2005 and decline since 2008. Comparison: 2003: Kramnik +5, Moro +3 (placements: 1/2-3)
2004: Moro +6, Kramnik +5 (1/2)
2005: Moro +1, Kramnik = (2-6/7-9)
2006: Moro +8 (1), Kramnik didn't participate
2007: Kramnik +7, Moro +3 (1/2-3)
2008: Kramnik +2, Moro +2 (1-4)
2009: Kramnik +3, Moro +2 (1-3/4-5). |
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Mar-26-09
| | JointheArmy: <alexmagnus> I realized that as soon as I posted. Forgot Morozevich won Kamsky today. |
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Mar-26-09
| | JointheArmy: <I think Kramnik is the ral expert, with an off year in 2005 and decline since 2008.> Well three first place finishes for Morozevich in 5 years in blindfold isn't too bad. |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Vakus: Great performance for Levon Aronian. Kasparov should be proud of his compatriot's achievement :) Winning two years on end in Blindfold/Rapid/Combined - a record? |
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| Mar-26-09 | | vesivialvy93: Anand,Kamsky and Kramnik in the top 4 in this tournament...who said that blitz chess if not for old players... |
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| Mar-26-09 | | jurado96: two Amber's in a row for Levon
any doubts about this guy
he is next to be on top
of the world |
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| Mar-26-09 | | AuN1: any doubts that topalov was not interested in winning either one of his games against aronian today just to guarantee that kramnik didn't get 1st place? |
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Mar-26-09
 | | messachess: Congratulations to Aronian for winning in this very challenging format. |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Kaspablanca: vesivialvy: what blitz chess are you talking about? |
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| Mar-26-09 | | KamikazeAttack: <KingG: Topalov isn't that successful at rapid, and isn't particularly good at blindfold either, so it's no surprise that he doesn't do so well here.> Topalov is quite good in Blindfold.
He won it 3 times in the past. |
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| Mar-26-09 | | Vakus: <AuN1> - no need to crush a conspiracy theory, just read the articles on that issue in ChessVibes, ChessBase, ChessPro.
And even if Topalov could win that, a draw in rapid section would be well enough for Aronian's first place (check the tie-break) |
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| Mar-26-09 | | karoaper: From Amberchess2009.com :
Score after Round 11
Blindfold
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1. Aronian 7
Carlsen 7
Kramnik 7
4. Anand 6½
Morozevich 6½
6. Leko 5½
Topalov 5½
8. Ivanchuk 5
Radjabov 5
10. Karjakin 4½
11. Wang Yue 3½
12. Kamsky 3
Rapid
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1. Anand 7
Aronian 7
Kamsky 7
4. Kramnik 6½
5. Carlsen 6
Karjakin 6
7. Topalov 5
8. Ivanchuk 4½
Leko 4½
Morozevich 4½
11. Radjabov 4
Wang Yue 4
Combined
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1. Aronian 14
2. Anand 13½
Kramnik 13½
4. Carlsen 13
5. Morozevich 11
6. Karjakin 10½
Topalov 10½
8. Kamsky 10
Leko 10
10. Ivanchuk 9½
11. Radjabov 9
12. Wang Yue 7½ |
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