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.
