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In Round 6 of Amber Tournament underway in Nice, France, Armenian GM Levon Aronian won against Azerbaijani Vugar Gashimov in the blindfold and ended in draw in the rapid game. Aronian still ranks 10th with 5 points.

Blindfold

Carlsen - Gelfand 1:0
Ivanchuk - Ponomariov 0,5:0,5
Karjakin - Dominguez 1:0
Aronian - Gashimov 1:0
Svidler - Grischuk 0:1
Smeets - Kramnik 1:0

Levon Aronian - Vugar Gashimov 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 Nh5 10. Be3 b4 11. Nce4 f5 12. g4 fxg4 13. h3 g3 14. fxg3 Bg7 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. e4 Bc8 21. e5 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 dxe5 23. d6 Ra7 24. Qc4+ Kg7 25. Qxc5 Rf7 26. Rc1 Bf5 27. Qxe5+ Kh6 28. Qe3+ g5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Bd5 Rd7 31. Rc7 gxh4 32. g4 Bg6 33. Be6 Qe8 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. g5+ Kh5 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. Bg4+ Kxg4 38. Qxe8 1:0.

Standings

1. Carlsen 5
2. Grischuk 4,5
3. Ivanchuk 4
4. Gelfand 3,5
5. Karjakin 3,5
6. Ponomariov 3
7. Aronian 2,5
8. Svidler 2,5
9. Gashimov 2,5
10. Kramnik 2,5
11. Smeets 2
12. Dominguez 0,5

Rapid

Kramnik - Smeets 1:0
Gelfand - Carlsen 0:1
Gashimov - Aronian 0,5:0,5
Ponomariov - Ivanchuk 0,5:0,5
Grischuk - Svidler 0,5:0,5
Dominguez - Karjakin 0:1

Vugar Gashimov – Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5
 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Ned4 a6 13. e6 f6 14. b4 Ng6 15. Be3 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. c4 Rd8 21. Nc2 Bd6 22. Nfd4 c5 23. Ne2 Be4 24. Rac1 Bd3 25. Na3 Nf5 26. Nc3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bf5 28. Nd5 Bxe6 29. Nxf6+ Ke7 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. cxd5 b5 32. Nc2 Rhf8 33. g3 Be5 34. e4 Rf3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Re2 Rc3 37. Rd1 Rf8 38. Ne3 c4 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. d6 Rd8 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Red2 Rd7 43. Rc5 Bxd6 44. Rcd5 Rd3 45. R2xd3 cxd3 46. Nd4+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Ke6 48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ 1/2:1/2.

1. Ivanchuk 4,5
2. Kramnik 4,5
3. Carlsen 4
4. Gelfand 3,5
5. Svidler 3,5
6. Karjakin 3
7. Gashimov 3
8. Ponomariov 2,5
9. Grischuk 2,5
10. Aronian 2,5
11. Dominguez 1,5
12. Smeets 1

Final Standings

1.Carlsen 9
2. Ivanchuk 8,5
3. Gelfand 7
4. Grischuk 7
5. Kramnik 7
6. Karjakin 6,5
7. Svidler 6
8. Ponomariov 5,5
9. Gashimov 5,5
10. Aronian 5
11. Smeets 3
12. Dominguez 2