Aronian leading Amber 2009 tournament

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 3rd tour of Amber Chess Tournament 2009 launched on

Mar. 14-26, 2009 in Nice, France, the Armenian grand master Levon Aronian drew his game against US chess player Gata Kamsky. The Olympic champion beat Kamsky in a blindfold game and was beaten by him in a rapid game. Aronian and Morozevich, who drew his game against Azeri Teimour Radjabov, are leading the tournament with 4 points each.



In the 4th tour of Amber 2009 Levon Aronian will rival Indian grand master Viswanathan Anand.



Score after 3rd tour



Blindfold



Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - Alexander Morozevich (Russia)- 0,5:0,5

Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)- Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)- 0,5:0,5

Wang Yue (China) - Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)- 0:1

Viswanathan Anand (India)- Magnus Carlsen (Norway)- 0:1

Levon Aronian (Armenia)- Gata Kamsky (United States) - 1:0

Peter Leko (Hungary)- Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - 1:0



Rapid



Morozevich - Radjabov - 0,5:0,5

Kramnik - Karjakin - 0,5:0,5

Topalov - Wang Yue - 0,5:0,5

Carlsen - Anand - 0,5:0,5

Kamsky - Aronian - 1:0

Ivanchuk - Leko - 1:0





Standings after 3rd tour



Aronian, Morozevich - 4 points each, Carlsen, Kramnik, Topalov - 3,5 points each, Anand, Karjakin, Leko - по 3 points each, Kamsky, Radjabov -2,5 points each, Ivanchuk - 2 points, Wang Yue -1 point.