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In Round 4 of Amber tournament underway in Nice, France, Armenian GM Levon Aronian ended in draw with Vassily Ivanchuk in the blindfold set and lost to the latter in the rapid one. After Round 4, Aronian runs 10th in the tournament list.

Round 4

Blindfold

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Ne3 a5 15. Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. f3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. d4 Qf6 22. Bc4 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Kg1 1/2:1/2.

Standings

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

Rapid

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

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. axb4 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxe6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Qb7+ Be7 26.
Nc5 Qf5 27. Nd7 Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qe4 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rd5 Qh3 34. Qd4 Bxg3 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Bf5 0:1.

Standings

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

Final Standings after Round 4

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