The Chess Mind

By Dennis Monokroussos.
This is a blog for chess fans by a chess fan, one who loves the beauty of the game and wants to share it with those who are like-minded.
Yet the chess mind is not only a chess mind, and other topics, such as philosophy, may appear from time to time. All material copyrighted.
Amber Rapid & Blindfold: The 11th and Final Round
There weren't too many short draws, but there were no changes in the overall standings. (There were, however, important changes in the specifically rapid and blindfold standings.) The Kramnik-Karjakin, Anand-van Wely, Leko-Aronian and Morozevich-Carlsen matches consisted only of draws, while in the Mamedyarov-Gelfand and Topalov-Ivanchuk contests the first-named player won with White in blindfold and lost with Black in rapid chess. Here are the complete final standings:

Final Blindfold Standings: (In tiebreak order)

1-4. Kramnik, Aronian, Morozevich, Topalov 6.5 (of 11)
5-7. Leko, Anand, Carlsen 6
8-9. Karjakin, van Wely 5
10-11. Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov 4.5
12. Gelfand 3

Final Rapid Standings:

1. Aronian 8
2. Ivanchuk 6.5
3-5. Gelfand, Leko, Carlsen 6
6-7. Kramnik, Topalov 5.5 (United again - and in both disciplines.)
8. Anand 5(!)
9-11. Mamedyarov, Morozevich, Karjakin 4.5
12. van Wely 4

Final Combined Standings:

1. Aronian 14.5
2-5. Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, Carlsen 12
6-8. Ivanchuk, Anand, Morozevich 11
9. Karjakin 9.5
10-12. Gelfand, Mamedyarov, van Wely 9

All the games can be replayed on the tournament website, while Gelfand-Mamedyarov, with my notes, is here.

Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Thursday March 27, 2008 at 7:19pm