Aronian wins Amber 2009 tournament

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian won the Champion's title at 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament. In the 11th tour, the Armenian grandmaster, drawing against Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov in blindfold and rapid games 1:1. Aronian, outrunning India's Viswanathan Anand by 0,5 points, won the tournament with 14 points to his score, thus repeating his last year's success.



The total prize-fund of 18th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament is Euro 216,000.



11th tour scores



Blindfold



Alexander Morozevich (Russia)-Gata Kamsky (United States)- 1:0

Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)-Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)- 1:0

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - Peter Leko (Hungary)- 1:0

Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)- Levon Aronian (Armenia)- 0,5:0,5

Wang Yue (China)- Viswanathan Anand (India)- 0,5:0,5

Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - Magnus Carlsen (Norway)- 1:0



Rapid



Kamsky- Morozevich- 0,5:0,5

Ivanchuk- Karjakin-0:1

Leko- Kramnik-0:1

Aronian- Topalov- 0,5:0,5

Anand- Yue-0:1

Carlsen- Radjabov-0:1



Final standings



Levon Aronian (Armenia)-14 points

Viswanathan Anand (India)-13,5 points

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) -13,5 points

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) -13 points

Alexander Morozevich (Russia) -11 points

Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) -10,5 points

Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) -10,5 points

Peter Leko (Hungary)-10 points

Gata Kamsky (United States) -10 points

Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) -9,5 points

Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) -9 points

Wang Yue (China) -7,5 points