
The seventeenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament is taking place
from March 15 to 27 in the Palais de la Mediterranée, Nice, France. Twelve
leading grandmasters play blindfold and rapid chess games against each other.
The prize fund is a massive 216,000 Euro (currently US $336,000). The sponsor
is Dutch billionaire Joop Van Oosterom.

Report after round three
Round two: Blindfold Chess |
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Round two: Rapid Chess |
Ivanchuk-Gelfand |
1/2 |
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Gelfand-Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Van Wely-Carlsen |
0-1 |
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Carlsen-Van Wely |
1-0 |
Karjakin-Aronian |
1/2 |
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Aronian-Karjakin |
1-0 |
Kramnik-Leko |
1/2 |
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Leko-Kramnik |
0-1 |
Morozevich -Topalov |
1-0 |
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Topalov-Morozevich |
1-0 |
Anand-Mamedyarov |
1/2 |
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Mamedyarov-Anand |
0-1 |

Magnus Carlsen scored 2-0 against Loek van Wely in round two
Round three: Blindfold Chess |
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Round three: Rapid Chess |
Mamedyarov-Kramnik |
1/2 |
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Kramnik-Mamedyarov |
0-1 |
Topalov-Anand |
1/2 |
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Anand - Topalov |
1/2 |
Leko-Morozevich |
1/2 |
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Morozevich-Leko |
0-1 |
Aronian-Gelfand |
1/2 |
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Gelfand-Aronian |
1-0 |
Carlsen-Karjakin |
1-0 |
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Karjakin-Carlsen |
1-0 |
Van Wely-Ivanchuk |
1/2 |
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Ivanchuk-Van Wely |
0-1 |

Veselin Topalov and Vishy Anand drew both games in round three

Vladimir Kramnik lost his rapid chess game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Standings
Blindfold |
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Rapid |
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Combined |
1. Ivanchuk 1½ Karjakin 1½ Morozevich 1½ 2. Anand 1 Aronian 1 Carlsen 1 Kramnik 1 Mamedyarov 1 Topalov 1 3. Gelfand ½ Leko ½ Van Wely ½ |
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1. Anand 2 Aronian 2 2. Carlsen 1½ Ivanchuk 1½ Topalov 1½ 3. Kramnik 1 4. Gelfand ½ Karjakin ½ Leko ½ Mamedyarov ½ Morozevich ½ 5. Van Wely 0 |
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1. Anand 3 Aronian 3 Ivanchuk 3 2. Carlsen 2½ Topalov 2½ 3. Karjakin 2 Kramnik 2 Morozevich 2 4. Mamedyarov 1½ 5. Gelfand 1 Leko 1 6. Van Wely ½ |
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