Wrong board game, John!
3/23/2003 – Round seven of the Melody Amber tournament in Monaco saw Peter Leko drop a point and the lead to Alexander Morozevich. Boris Gelfand picked up one against Evgeny Bareev to move into second, half a point behind Vishy Anand, who cruised along at the top by taking a point against Shirov. Meanwhile John Nunn was playing something completely different. We bring you results, standing, games and pictures.
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All games played so far (in zipped PGN)
Results of round seven
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Anand 1/2 Shirov
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Shirov 0-1 Anand
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Ivanchuk 1/2 Kramnik
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Kramnik 1/2 Ivanchuk
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Morozevich 1-0 Leko
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Leko 1/2 Morozevich
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Gelfand 1-0 Bareev
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Bareev 1/2 Gelfand
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van Wely 1/2 Almasi
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Almasi 1/2 van Wely
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Ljubojevic 0-1 Topalov
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Topalov 1-0 Ljubojevic
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Standings after round seven
Picture gallery
Boris Gelfand (right) arrives at the board to take on Evgeny Bareev
Start of the round seven game Loek van Wely vs Zoltan Almasi
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich. Leko dropped his lead today
Veselin Topalov picked up two full points in round seven
Indian superstar Vishy Anand, now leading the tournament
A helicopter "attack" during round seven
Honored guest John Nunn plays a different board game in Monaco
...while Aruna Anand surfs around the world wide whatchamacallit
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