Here are the matchups of round 8 at Amber:
Blind
Van Wely-Aronian
Morozevich-Leko
Kramnik-Gelfand
Ivanchuk-Carlsen
Radjabov-Svidler
Anand-Vallejo
Rapid
Aronian-Van Wely
Leko-Morozevich
Gelfand-Kramnik
Carlsen-Ivanchuk
Svidler-Radjabov
Vallejo-Anand
Here are the standings going into round 8:
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 10.5
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 9.5
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 8.5
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 8.0
5-6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 7.5
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 7.5
7. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 7.0
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 6.5
9-10. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690, Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 6.0
11. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679 4.0
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 3.0
Will Kramnik be able to hold his lead after this round? He is facing the solid and tough Gelfand while Ivanchuk is facing the less experience Carlsen.
Last round?
Last round is played March 29th. 🙂
Susan,
Here is the full schedule of Amber, if i am not wrong.
The tournament concludes only on March 29 (Last round).
Friday 16 March Day of arrival and opening ceremony
17,18, 19 and 20 March
Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4
Wednesday 21 March Rest day
22, 23, 24 and 25 March
Rounds 5, 6, 7 and 8
Monday 26 March
Rest day
27 and 28 March
Rounds 9 and 10
Thursday 29 March
Round 11, followed by the closing ceremony and the prize-giving
Friday 30 March
Day of departure
With the exception of the last round, all rounds will start at 15.00 hrs.
Sorry guys, a blonde moment 🙂
I was looking at something else while typing and …
Just testing to see if you paid attention. Thanks for pointing it out 🙂
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
Susan, Kramnik smashed Gelfand, as he did against Aronian, Anand, Morozevich, Radjabov.. what will you say about Kramnik’s blindfold performance against those “solid” guys? It seems they are soft for Kramnik’s imagination power :))
I am curious about why you did not comment any games from Amber? I will be happy to see analysis of endgames of Kramnik’s blindfold games against Aronian and Gelfand?
“Ivanchuk is facing the less experience Carlsen.”
Carlsen still owns Ivanchuk!