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Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament 2008
27 March 2008
List of the participants: Kramnik Vladimir (Russia, 2799), Anand Viswanathan (India, 2799), Topalov Veselin(Bulgaria, 2780), Morozevich Alexander (Russia, 2765), Mamedyarov Shakhriyaz (Azerbaijan, 2760), Leko Peter (Hungary, 2753), Ivanchuk Vassily (Ukraine, 2751), Aronian Levon (Armenia, 2739), Gelfand Boris (Israel, 2737), Carlsen Magnus (Norway, 2733), Karjakin Sergey (Ukraine, 2732), Van Wely, Loek (the Netherlands, 2681).
Being held for the 17th time the well-known “Amber-tournament” is coming up this year. The tourney takes place in Nice from the 15th till the 27th of March, where 12 grand master will play the two circles system: one fast game and one blind game.
Twelve grandmasters from ten different countries will take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro.
Duration of the tourney: from 15th till 27th of March.
Days off: 19th and 24th of March.
| # | Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | SB | Place |
| 1 | *Aronian (2739) | ** | = = | = = | 1 = | = 1 | = 1 | = 1 | 1 1 | 1 = | = 0 | = = | = 1 | 14.5 | 156.3 | 1 |
| 2 | *Kramnik (2799) | = = | ** | 1 = | 1 = | = 1 | = = | = 0 | 1 = | = = | = = | 0 = | = = | 12.0 | 133.5 | 2 |
| 3 | *Leko (2753) | = = | 0 = | ** | 0 = | = = | = = | = 1 | = 1 | = = | = = | 1 = | = 1 | 12.0 | 128.0 | 3 |
| 4 | *Topalov (2780) | 0 = | 0 = | 1 = | ** | = = | 1 0 | = = | 1 0 | 1 = | = = | 1 = | 1 = | 12.0 | 126.5 | 4 |
| 5 | *Carlsen (2733) | = 0 | = 0 | = = | = = | ** | 0 = | 1 0 | = = | 1 0 | 1 = | 1 1 | 1 1 | 12.0 | 123.8 | 5 |
| 6 | *Ivanchuk (2751) | = 0 | = = | = = | 0 1 | 1 = | ** | = 1 | = 0 | = 1 | 1 = | = 0 | = 0 | 11.0 | 120.0 | 6 |
| 7 | *Anand (2799) | = 0 | = 1 | = 0 | = = | 0 1 | = 0 | ** | 0 1 | 1 = | 1 0 | 1 = | = = | 11.0 | 117.5 | 7 |
| 8 | *Morozevich (2765) | 0 0 | 0 = | = 0 | 0 1 | = = | = 1 | 1 0 | ** | 1 = | = 1 | = = | 1 = | 11.0 | 113.8 | 8 |
| 9 | *Kariakin (2732) | 0 = | = = | = = | 0 = | 0 1 | = 0 | 0 = | 0 = | ** | 1 = | = = | 1 = | 9.5 | 101.8 | 9 |
| 10 | *Gelfand (2737) | = 1 | = = | = = | = = | 0 = | 0 = | 0 1 | = 0 | 0 = | ** | 0 1 | 0 = | 9.0 | 104.0 | 10 |
| 11 | *Mamedyarov (2760) | = = | 1 = | 0 = | 0 = | 0 0 | = 1 | 0 = | = = | = = | 1 0 | ** | 0 = | 9.0 | 100.5 | 11 |
| 12 | *Van Wely (2681) | = 0 | = = | = 0 | 0 = | 0 0 | = 1 | = = | 0 = | 0 = | 1 = | 1 = | ** | 9.0 | 96.0 | 12 |
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