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 In the tenth round of “Amber” tournament Armenian GM Levon Aronyan defeated Vesselin Topalov in the “blindfold” chess. In the rapid chess Armenian GM shared points with the Bulgarian chess player.

Levon Aronyan has already been declared the champion of “blindfold” chess. Aronyan has no chances to win in the rapid chess, since he lacks 2 points to equak Magnus Carlsen.

The most important still is the total ranking table, which is again led by Aronyan. He has scored 14,5, is followed by Magnus Carlsen – 13,5 and Anand -11.

Today, in the final round Levon Aronyan will meet Sergey Karjakin.

“Blindfold” chess: 10th round
Karjakin - Nakamura 1/2
Kramnik - Ivanchuk 1/2
Topalov - Aronian 0-1
Anand - Gashimov 1/2
Gelfand - Giri 1-0
Grischuk - Carlsen 1/2
Vesseling Topalov-Levon Aronyan 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4 Ne6 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qh7 25. fxg5 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Bxf5+ Rxf5 28. Rxf5 c3 29. gxh6 b5 30. Bd6 a5 31. Ba3 b4 32. Bc1 a4 33. Rf7+ Kxh6 34. Rb7 Nf4 35. exf4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxa2+ 40. Ke3 Rxg2 41. Rxc3 Rxh2 42. Rc6 a3 43. f5 Rh6 44. Rc1 Ra6 45. Kd3 a2 46. Ra1 Kf6 47. Kc3 Kxf5 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Re1+ Kxd4 50. Ka1 Kc3 51. Rc1+ Kd2 52. Rc2+ Kd3 53. Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rh3 d4 55. Rh4+ Kd3 56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. Rc3+ Kd5 58. Rh3 Rb6 59. Kxa2 Kc4 60. Rh1 Kc3 0:1:

Rapid chess. 10th round
Nakamura - Karjakin 1/2
Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1/2
Aronian - Topalov 1/2
Gashimov - Anand 0-1
Giri - Gelfand 1/2
Carlsen - Grischuk 1-0
Levon Aronyan-Vesseling Topalov 0,5:0,5

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 e4 9. Nh3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 d6 12. d3 exd3 13. exd3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. h4 h6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Be3 c6 19. Nf3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 Qf7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 dxc4 23. dxc4 Kg8 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rd1 f4 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxf3 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rg4 34. b5 b6 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Rxb6 1/2:1/2: