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The thirteenth edition of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament will take place at the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel in Monaco from March 20 till April 1, 2004. Maecenas Mr. J.J. van Oosterom is the exclusive sponsor of the tournament.
The participating grandmasters are:| Viswanathan Anand (India) | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) |
| Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | Alexey Shirov (Spain) |
| Boris Gelfand (Israel) | Peter Svidler (Russia) |
| Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) |
| Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | Francisco Vallejo (Spain) |
| Peter Leko (Hungary) | Loek Van Wely (The Netherlands) |
| March 20 – 23 | Rounds 1 – 4 |
| March 24 | Free day |
| March 25 – 28 | Rounds 5 – 8 |
| March 29 | Free day |
| March 30 – April 1 | Rounds 9 – 11 |
The venue is the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel, 12 Avenue Des Spelugues, Monte Carlo. Admission is free. The games start every day at 1.30 p.m. and finish around 8.00 p.m. In each round the participants play one rapid chess game and one blindfold game. The speed of play is one hour of all the moves of a game.
The blindfold games they play on a computer. For the players only an empty chess board is visible on the screen. With the mouse or the keyboard they can make a move, which will then appear on the screens of both players. After they have confirmed their move, the players see the move disappear and the clock of the opponent starts running. Various monitors in the playing room show the course of the game, which is perfectly visible for the arbiter and the audience, but not for the grandmasters.
| Total prize fund | Euro 193,250 |
| Chief Arbiter | Geurt Gijssen |
| Assistant Arbiter | Patrick Lebel |
| Press Officer | Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam |
| General Manager | Edwin Tolsma |
The technical part of the event is being managed by the Dutch company Alldata. During the tournament you will find the results, information about the games and live transmission of the games on the official web site.
Winners of the previous Amber Tournaments| 2003 | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2002 | Alexander Morozevich |
| 2001 | Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik |
| 2000 | Alexey Shirov |
| 1999 | Vladimir Kramnik |
| 1998 | Alexey Shirov, Vladimir Kramnik |
| 1997 | Viswanathan Anand |
| 1996 | Vladimir Kramnik |
| 1995 | Anatoly Karpov |
| 1994 | Viswanathan Anand |
| 1993 | Ljubomir Ljubojevic |
| 1992 | Vassily Ivanchuk |
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