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In Round 10 of Amber Chess Tournament underway in Nice, France, Armenian GM Levon Aronian scored 1,5 against Alexander Grischuk. Aronian gained victory in the blindfold game and ended in draw in the rapid one. Nevertheless, Aronian still runs 9th with 9,5 points, 1,5 points behind Vugar Gashimov and Peter Svidler, who share 7-8th horizontals.

Round 10

Blindfold

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

Levon Aronian – Alexander Grischuk 1:0

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. h3 a6 12. Kh2 d6 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. b3 b5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. e3 c6 18. Ne2 Qc8 19. Rac1 Nh7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Bb6 23. Nf4 Rc7 24. Rfe1 d5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Ng5 27. Kg2 Ne4 28. Re3 Qa8 29. Rb3 Ba7 30. Nxd5 Rcc8 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. Ne2 c5+ 33. d5 Qxd5+ 34. Rf3 Ne4 35. Nc3 Qc6 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Qb3 c4 38. Qb5 1:0

Standing

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

Rapid

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

Alexander Grischuk - Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Ne4 b4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qc2 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Bb5 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Ra1 Na6 18. O-O Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Rfd1 f6 21. e4 Kh8 22. h4 Qe8 23. Bf1 Qh5 24. Kg2 e5 25. Bxb5 cxb5 26. Rac1 Rae8 27. Qc6 Qg4 28. Qxb5 Qxe4 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Qd5 Qe2 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qd5 Rbd8 34. Qb7 Rb8 35. Qd5 1/2:1/2.

Standing

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

Final Standing

1. Magnus Carlsen 13,5
2. Vassily Ivanchuk 13
3. Vladimir Kramnik 12
4. Alexander Grischuk 11,5
5. Boris Gelfand 11
6. Sergey Karjakin 11
7. Vugar Gashimov 10,5
8. Peter Svidler 10,5
9. Levon Aronian 9,5
10. Ruslan Ponomariov 7,5
11. Jan Smeets 5,5
12. Perez Dominguez 4,5