Topalov is quite good in Blindfold.

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

2 srt8 wins in all categories is very, very impressive indeed - excellent.

However, old pros Anand and Kramnik continue to prove their mettle in their specialised categories.

<I think Kramnik is the ral expert>

<there were only two exceptional results by Moro in blindfold, 2004 and 2006>

I don't really agree with the comparison that is supposed to show that Kramnik is the blindfold expert of the two... Morozevich's +7 in 2002 was also a rather exceptional result considering that that was the first time he participated.

Morozevich's blindfold scores: +7 +3 +6 +1 +8 +3 +2 +2. That's an average of +4. Kramnik's scores have been very slightly worse on average as can be seen above (but of course more or less just as excellent).

I think both Kramnik and Morozevich are excellent blindfold players, but I would consider Morozevich as the expert of the two since Kramnik always has been top five in all disciplines. He has performed very strong results in classical, rapid and blitz the last decade. Morozevich hasn't been top five in anything else than blindfold and there he has for much of the time been #1, or at worst #2, so I think it would be strange not to see him as a blindfold expert.

After Amber 2009 it should be

Morozevich: 2860 in 88 games

Anand 2816 in 406 games

Kasparov 2803 in 104 games

Aronian 2781 in 119 games

Kramnik 2767 in 209 games

Blindfold performance of players from 2000-2008
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