A friend just pointed out a chessgames.com link to the results and games of the 1993 Melody Amber which both Judit and I took part in.Combined Results: 14.5 – Ljubojevic14.0 – Anand13.5 – Karpov12.5 – Ivanchuk12.0 – Judit Polgar 11.0 – Korchnoi, Susan …
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Video from Amber – Karjakin
Published by March 26th, 2011 in Amber, Chess Video, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess daily news from Susan Polgar
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Champion for the 3rd time
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAronian claims third Amber victory in farewell editionLevon Aronian is the winner of the twentieth and final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. Following his earlier wins in 2008 and 2009 this is the third time the Armenian grandmaster claimed fir…
Champion for the 3rd time
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAronian claims third Amber victory in farewell editionLevon Aronian is the winner of the twentieth and final Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. Following his earlier wins in 2008 and 2009 this is the third time the Armenian grandmaster claimed fir…
Amber final standings
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsThursday 24 March Round XI 15.45 Rapid Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0 Grischuk-Gashimov ½-½ Anand-Giri 1-0 17.15 Rapid Gelfand-Carlsen 0-1 Kramnik-Nakamura 0-1 Karjakin-AronianLevon Aronian won the blindfold and overall while Magnus Carls…
Aronian clinches Amber with 1 game to go
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsGoing into the final day, Aronian was leading Carlsen by 1 full point with 2 games to go. With a draw against Karjakin and a loss by Carlsen against Gelfand, he clinched the Amber overall title. Thursday 24 March Round XI 12.30 Blind Ivanchuk-Topalov…
Video from Amber
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, Chess Video, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Amber LIVE! Final round!
Published by March 24th, 2011 in Amber, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Aronian wins again
Published by March 23rd, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 10 results Wednesday 23 March Round X 14.30 Blind Topalov-Aronian 0-1 Kramnik-Ivanchuk ½-½ Karjakin-Nakamura ½-½ 16.00 Blind Gelfand-Giri 1-0 Grischuk-Carlsen ½-½ Anand-Gashimov ½-½ 17.45 Rapid Aronian-Topalov ½-½ Iv…
Aronian wins again
Published by March 23rd, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 10 results Wednesday 23 March Round X 14.30 Blind Topalov-Aronian 0-1 Kramnik-Ivanchuk ½-½ Karjakin-Nakamura ½-½ 16.00 Blind Gelfand-Giri 1-0 Grischuk-Carlsen ½-½ Anand-Gashimov ½-½ 17.45 Rapid Aronian-Topalov ½-½ Iv…
Aronian on the verge of clinching Amber
Published by March 23rd, 2011 in Amber, Levon Aronian, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAronian increases lead with win over Kramnik In the ninth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament Levon Aronian increased his lead over Magnus Carlsen to one point with a 1½-½ win over Vladimir Kramnik. With two rounds to go it is clear …
Round 9 results 14.30 Blind Gashimov-Gelfand 1-0 Giri-Grischuk ½-½ Carlsen-Anand 0-1 16.00 Blind Nakamura-Topalov 1-0 Aronian-Kramnik 1-0 Ivanchuk-Karjakin ½-½ 17.45 Rapid Gelfand-Gashimov 1-0 Grischuk-Giri 1-0 Anand-Carlsen 0-1…
Video from Amber
Published by March 22nd, 2011 in Amber, Chess Video, Susan Polgar Chess and Victor Korchnoi. 0 CommentsChess daily news from Susan Polgar
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Create your own caption
Published by March 21st, 2011 in Amber, Chess caption, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsPhoto by Fred LucasCan you create a clever (but clean) caption?Chess daily news from Susan Polgar
Big gap between the top 2 and rest of field
Published by March 20th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAmber standings after 8 roundsSunday 20 March Round VIII 14.30 Blind Grischuk-Nakamura ½-½ Anand-Aronian ½-½ Gelfand-Ivanchuk ½-½ …
Aronian knocks out Anand, leads Amber
Published by March 20th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAronian and Carlsen way ahead of the packAfter eight rounds Levon Aronian remains the proud leader at the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. The Armenian GM defeated World Champion Vishy Anand 1½-½. With three rounds to go Magnus Carlsen seems to …
Amber LIVE with computer analysis!
Published by March 20th, 2011 in Amber, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Aronian continues to lead Amber
Published by March 19th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsStandings after 7 rounds1.Aronian102.Carlsen9½3.Anand84.Grischuk7½5.Ivanchuk7 Topalov76.Gashimov6½ Gelfand6½ Karjakin6½7.Nakamura68.Kramnik59.Giri4½http://amberchess20.comChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Carlsen defeats Kramnik 2-0 to pull within 1/2 pt of Aronian
Published by March 19th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsCarlsen defeats Kramnik 2-0 to close in on AronianAfter seven rounds Levon Aronian is still in the sole lead at the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament with a score of 10 points from 14 games. Magnus Carlsen improved his position with a 2-0 win over V…
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Aronian in sole lead at Amber
Published by March 19th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsStandings after 6 rounds1.Aronian8½2.Carlsen7½3.Anand7 Grischuk74.Gelfand65.Gashimov5½ Ivanchuk5½ Karjakin5½ Topalov5½6.Kramnik5 Nakamura57.Giri4Official website: http://amberchess20.comChess daily news from Susan Polgar
All rapid games decisive
Published by March 18th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 6 rapid results17.45 RapidNakamura-Gelfand 0-1Aronian-Grischuk 0-1Ivanchuk-Anand 1-019.15 RapidGashimov-Topalov 1-0Giri-Kramnik 0-1Carlsen-Karjakin 1-0Official website: http://amberchess20.comChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Aronian and Anand suffer first defeats
Published by March 18th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsIn the sixth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Levon Aronian maintained the sole lead, but his first loss allowed his closest rivals to come closer. Thanks to a 1½-½ win over Sergey Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen moved up to second place, …
All blind games drawn at Amber
Published by March 18th, 2011 in Amber, Blindfold chess, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 6 resultsFriday 18 March Round VI14.30BlindGelfand-Nakamura½-½Grischuk-Aronian½-½Anand-Ivanchuk½-½16.00BlindTopalov-Gashimov½-½Kramnik-Giri½-½Karjakin-Carlsen½-½http://amberchess20.com/Chess daily news from Susan Polgar
Amber round 5 report
Published by March 18th, 2011 in Amber, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAronian breaks away with 2-0 routIn the fifth round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Levon Aronian has taken the sole lead. His sum total after 10 games is an impressive 8 points. The Armenian grandmaster beat Vugar Gashimov 2-0, while form…
Thursday 17 March Round V 14.30 Blind Ivanchuk-Carlsen 1-0 Gashimov-Aronian 0-1 Giri-Nakamura 1-0 16.00 Blind Anand-K…
Videos from Amber in Monaco
Published by March 17th, 2011 in Amber, Chess videos and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Anand continues run at Amber
Published by March 16th, 2011 in Amber, Anand, Monaco and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAnand continues run at Amber16/03/2011 7:25 AMSportal IndiaViswanathan Anand continued his hunt for the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament title with a 1.5-0.5 win over Alexander Grischuk of Russian in the fourth round.The victory over Grischuk…
