Levon Aronyan in “Amber”
In the sixth round “Amber” tournament Armenian GM Levon Aronyan ended in draw the blindfold chess with Alexander Grishchuk, but was regretfully defeated in the rapid chess. Armenian GM recorded his first defeat in the sixth round.
Thus, Levon Aronyan leads blindfold chess having scored 4,5 and occupies the second horizontal in the rapid chess.
Armenian GM has 8,5 points on his actives and leads the ranking table. Carlsen has 7,5 on his account and occupies the second horizontal. Anand and Grishchuk both have 7 points, and share 3-4 places.
Today, Levon Aronyan will meet with Boris Gelfand.
“Blindfold” 6th round
Anand - Ivanchuk 1/2
Gelfand - Nakamura 1/2
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2
Karjakin - Carlsen 1/2
Kramnik - Giri 1/2
Topalov - Gashimov 1/2
Alexander Grishchuk-Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. a4 Qc8 10. e4 Be7 11. g4 Nfd7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nd1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxd5 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Rad1 Nxe3 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. fxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Be7 26. g5 Ra7 27. Kf3 Rb7 28. b3 Kf8 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nxg6+ Ke8 31. Nxe7 1/2:1/2:
Rapid chess 6th round
Ivanchuk - Anand 1-0
Nakamura - Gelfand 0-1
Aronian - Grischuk 0-1
Carlsen - Karjakin 1-0
Giri - Kramnik 0-1
Gashimov - Topalov 1-0
Levon Aronyan-Alexander Grishchuk 0:1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 Re8 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Bb5 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Qxb6 21. Na3 Qb3 22. Rb1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb3 24. Bd2 Nfd7 25. Bc3 g5 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Bf1 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxa3 29. Rdc1 Ra2 30. Kg2 Ng6 31. Bc4 Ra7 32. Bf1 Be5 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Bxc3 35. Ra6 Be5 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Ke2 c4 38. f3 Nc5 39. Ra7 c3 40. Kd1 Nh4 41. Bb5 Nxf3 42. Be8 Nd4 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 0:1: