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🏆 Amber Rapid (2006)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Loek van Wely, Peter Heine Nielsen

 page 1 of 1; 17 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Svidler vs Gelfand 0-1522006Amber RapidA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
2. Grischuk vs Morozevich 0-1762006Amber RapidC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. F Vallejo Pons vs Anand 0-1432006Amber RapidB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. Morozevich vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1702006Amber RapidB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. Topalov vs Van Wely 0-1422006Amber RapidD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. Ivanchuk vs Leko 0-1572006Amber RapidE15 Queen's Indian
7. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 0-1312006Amber RapidB23 Sicilian, Closed
8. Leko vs Anand 0-1442006Amber RapidC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. P H Nielsen vs Morozevich 0-1512006Amber RapidD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. Van Wely vs Svidler  0-1322006Amber RapidD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. Gelfand vs Van Wely 0-1612006Amber RapidA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
12. Van Wely vs Anand 0-1502006Amber RapidA35 English, Symmetrical
13. Leko vs Gelfand  0-1322006Amber RapidB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. Svidler vs Topalov 0-1682006Amber RapidB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. Gelfand vs Aronian 0-1452006Amber RapidA56 Benoni Defense
16. Morozevich vs Leko 0-1982006Amber RapidC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
17. Svidler vs Aronian 0-1402006Amber RapidC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
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Mar-30-06  DCP23: Okay, joint winners then.
Still Moro is the real winner, say what you will.
Mar-30-06  gmgomes: Congratulations for Moro and Anand for sharing 1st in Amber 2006. Moro - the blindfold king
Anand - The Speed King.
Mar-30-06  Ragh: Does anyone know the past winners list of the previous Amber tournaments. I would like to know who has most number of titles.
Mar-30-06  acirce: total: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%2...

rapid: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%2...

blindfold: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%2...

Mar-30-06
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  Open Defence: <Ragh> i dont have the stats but i think Anand probably tops the list of previous wins
Mar-30-06  doremi: What is the next event for us chess junkies to congregate at cg again?
Mar-30-06  acirce: <Open Defence> he is tied with Kramnik now, 5 first places each in the combined event (clear or shared).
Mar-30-06
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  Open Defence: wow, how many people would have picked "Drawnik" to do well at an event like Amber
Mar-30-06  gmgomes: <What is the next event for us chess junkies to congregate at cg again?> European Championship - with Chucky, Radjabov and others (April 3rd) and Olimpiad in May.
Mar-30-06  yalie: fair result that Anand and Moro tied. Just like Anand and Topa at WAZ, it would have been a travesty if either of them had finished second.

Wow - Vishy has 4 blindfold, 5 rapid and 5 overall titles - to go alongwith his 5 WAZ titles.

Compares nicely with Kasparov's streak at Linares and Kramnik's at Dortmund.

In future tournaments, I cant imagine Moro not winning the blindfold, just as I cant imagine Vishy not winning the rapid.

Mar-30-06  Ragh: so, the combined standings for Amber tourney since its inception are -

Anand 5 titles (4 clear, 1 shared)
Kramnik 5 titles (2 clear, 3 shared)
Moroz 3 titles (0 clear, 2 shared)
Shirov 2 titles (1 clear, 1 shared)
Topalov 1 titles (0 clear, 1 shared)
Karpov 1 title (1 clear)
Ivanchuk 1 title (1 clear)
Ljubojvic 1 title (1 clear)
Kasparao 0 titles?

Mar-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <Ragh: Moroz 3 titles (0 clear, 2 shared) > something doesnt quite add up there ..
Mar-30-06  Ragh: <Open Defence> Here is the corrected one:

Anand - 5 titles (4 clear, 1 shared)
Kramnik - 5 titles (2 clear, 3 shared)
Moroz - 3 titles (1 clear, 2 shared)
Shirov - 2 titles (1 clear, 1 shared)
Topalov - 1 title (1 shared)
Karpov - 1 title (1 clear)
Ivanchuk - 1 title (1 clear)
Ljubojvic - 1 title (1 clear)
Kasparao - 0 titles?

Mar-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: hmmm did Kasparov ever take part in Amber ?
Mar-30-06  percyblakeney: <hmmm did Kasparov ever take part in Amber ?> Nope, I read somewhere that he doesn't like blindfold competitions.
Mar-30-06  percyblakeney: ...found the link:

<Kasparov has never played the Melody Amber (named for the daughter of the tournament's patron: the rich, amiable, and charmingly eccentric correspondence chess GM J.J. van Oosterom). Kasparov considers blindfold chess a sideshow not for serious competition>

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...

Mar-30-06  notyetagm: <Open Defence: wow, how many people would have picked "Drawnik" to do well at an event like Amber>

Kramnik used to be an outstanding player. Don't know how many times I have to say that.

Mar-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <notyetagm: Kramnik used to be an outstanding player. Don't know how many times I have to say that.> exactly
Mar-30-06  Jim Bartle: <Kramnik used to be an outstanding player. Don't know how many times I have to say that.>
Mar-30-06  chessmoron: FINAL MATCH RESULTS:
Blind:
Aronian-Svidler 1-0
Ivanchuk-Grischuk 1/2-1/2
Nielsen-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Anand 1/2-1/2
van Wely-Morozevich 0-1
Leko-Vallejo 1-0

Rapid:
Svidler-Aronian 0-1
Grischuk-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Gelfand-Nielsen 1-0
Anand-Topalov 1/2-1/2
Morozevich-van Wely 1/2-1/2
Vallejo-Leko 1/2-1/2

Anand wins Rapid and Moro wins Blind. Congrats to those two!!!

Mar-30-06  doremi: Besides Vallejo which is the bigger surprise by ending up clear third, there is Van Wely which is the smaller suprise, but a surprise nonetheless by ending up ahead of Svidler and Ivanchuk. The Dutch billionaire sponsor and the Dutch fans should be proud of their fellow countryman
Mar-30-06  Ragh: If it has a Dutch sponsor, why is the event being held in Monaco?

Mar-30-06  Monoceros: For the gambling, of course!
Mar-31-06  doremi: Holland is too crowded, even the dogs there wag their tails up and down to save space
May-25-07  notyetagm: <doremi: Holland is too crowded, even the dogs there wag their tails up and down to save space>

LOL

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