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In Round 3 of Amber Tournament underway in Nice, France, Levon Aronian won against Jan Smeets both in the rapid and blindfold games. The Armenian GM has scored 3 and shares 5-7 horizontals with Alexander Grischuk and Boris Gelfand.

Blindfold

Alexander Grischuk - Boris Gelfand 0,5:0,5
Peter Svidler – Magnus Carlsen 0:1
Vugar Gashimov - Vladimir Kramnik 0,5:0,5
Sergey Karjakin - Vassily Ivanchuk 0:1
Perez Dominguez - Ruslan Ponomariov 0,5:0,5
Jan Smeets - Levon Aronian 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Nd4 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kf1 a5 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd8 Raxd8 27. f4 g5 28. g3 d3 29. Kf2 d2 30. Rc3 b4 31. Re3 Kg7 32. f5 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. e6 fxe6 35. fxe6 Kf8 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rxb2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Ke7 40. Kd3 Kxe6 41. Kc4 Kf5 42. Kb5 g4 43. h4 Ke4 44. Kxa5 Kf3 45. Kxb4 Kxg3 46. a4 Kxh4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 g2 49. a7 g1=Q 50. a8=Q h5 51. Qd5 Qg4+ 52. Ka3 Kg3 53. Qe5+ Kh3 54. Qd5 Kh2 55. Qd2+ Qg2 56. Qd4 Qg3+ 57. Ka2 h4 58. Ka1 Qg1+ 59. Ka2 Qxd4 0:1.

Standing

1. Vassily Ivanchuk - 2,5
2. Alexander Grischuk - 2
3. Ruslan Ponomariov - 2
4. Magnus Carlsen - 2
5. Boris Gelfand - 1,5
6. Peter Svidler - 1,5
7. Vladimir Kramnik -1,5
8. Vugar Gashimov -1,5
9. Sergey Karjakin - 1,5
10. Levon Aronian - 1
11. Perez Dominguez - 0,5
12. Jan Smeets - 0,5

Rapid

Alexander Grischuk - Boris Gelfand 0,5:0,5
Magnus Carlsen – Peter Svidler 1:0
Vladimir Kramnik - Vugar Gashimov 1:0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin 0,5:0,5
Ruslan Ponomariov - Perez Dominguez 0,5:0,5
Levon Aronian - Jan Smeets 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3 f5 9. h4 f4 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h5 Ne5 13. Bxf4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Rh3 O-O 20. Rd6 Bxd6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qxd6 Qxg2 23. Rg3 Re8+ 24. Be3 Qh1 25. h6 Qh5 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27. hxg7 Ng4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Ne7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Qg7+ Kxf5 34. Qg5+ Ke4 35. f3+ Kd3 36. Qxd8+ Kxe3 37. Qd2+ 1:0.

Standing

1. Vladimir Kramnik - 2,5
2. Magnus Carlsen - 2
3. Vassily Ivanchuk - 2,
4. Ruslan Ponomariov - 2
5. Levon Aronian - 2
6. Perez Dominguez - 1,5
7. Boris Gelfand - 1,5
8. Alexander Grischuk - 1
9. Peter Svidler - 1
10. Sergey Karjakin - 1
11. Jan Smeets - 1
12. Vugar Gashimov - 0,5

Final Standing

1. Vassily Ivanchuk - 4,5
2. Magnus Carlsen - 4
3. Ruslan Ponomariov - 4
4. Vladimir Kramnik - 4
5. Alexander Grischuk - 3
6. Boris Gelfand - 3
7. Levon Aronian - 3
8. Peter Svidler - 2,5
9. Sergey Karjakin - 2,5
10. Perez Dominguez - 2
11. Vugar Gashimov - 2
12. Jan Smeets - 1,5