Amber Tournament, Monaco

The Amber Blindfoldand Rapid Tournament took place in Monaco, France between 16/3-28/3/2002.
The following grandmasters participated:

Zoltan Almasi (Hungary), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassili Ivanchuk (Ukraine) FIDE Vice World Champion 2002, Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) BrainGames World Champion 2001, Peter Leko (Hungary), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Yugoslavia), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands), Alexei Shirov (Spain) FIDE Vice World Champion 2001, Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Loek van Wely (The Netherlands).

Photo: GM Ivanchuk - Source: Official Site
 

Round 1 - 16/3/2002 Rapid Almasi - Morozevich ½-½, Leko - Gelfand 0-1, Kramnik - Topalov ½-½, Ivanchuk - Van Wely 1-0, Bareev - Ljubojevic 1-0, Piket - Shirov ½-½ Blindfold Morozevich - Almasi 1-0, Gelfand - Leko ½-½, Topalov - Kramnik 1-0, Van Wely - Ivanchuk ½-½, Ljubojevic - Bareev 0-1, Shirov - Piket 1-0 Round 2 - 17/3/2002 Rapid Ljubojevic - Piket 1-0, VAn Wely - Bareev 0-1, Shirov - Ivanchuk ½-½, Gelfand - Kramnik ½-½, Morozevich - Topalov ½-½, Almasi - Leko ½-½ Blindfold Ivanchuk - Shirov ½-½, Piket - Ljubojevic 1-0, Bareev - Van Wely ½-½, Topalov - Morozevich 0-1, Kramnik - Gelfand ½-½, Leko - Almasi 1-0 Round 3 - 17/3/2002 Rapid Leko - Morozevich ½-½, Kramnik - Almasi ½-½, Topalov - Gelfand ½-½, Bareev - Ivanchuk 0-1, Piket - Van Wely 1-0, Ljubojevic - Shirov 0-1 Blindfold Almasi - Leko 1-0, Almasi - Kramnik ½-½, Gelfand - Topalov 1-0, Ivanchuk - Bareev 0-1, Van Wely - Piket ½-½, Shirov - Ljubojevic 1-0 Round 4 - 19/3/2002 Rapid Ivanchuk - Ljubojevic 1-0, Van Wely - Shirov 0-1, Bareev - Piket 1-0, Morozevich - Gelfand ½-½, Almasi - Topalov 0-1, Leko - Kramnik 0-1 Blindfold Ljubojevic - Ivanchuk ½-½, Shirov - Van Wely 1-0, Piket - Bareev ½-½, Gelfand - Morozevich 0-1, Topalov - Almasi ½-½, Kramnik - Leko ½-½ Round 5 - 21/3/2002 Rapid Gelfand - Almasi 1-0, Kramnik - Morozevich 1-0, Topalov - Leko 0-1, Piket - Ivanchuk ½-½, Shirov - Bareev 0-1, Ljubojevic - van Wely 1-0 Blindfold Almasi - Gelfand 0-1, Morozevich - Kramnik ½-½, Leko - Topalov 1-0, Ivanchuk - Piket 1-0, Bareev - Shirov 0-1, van Wely - Ljubojevic ½-½ Round 6 - 22/3/2002 Rapid van Wely - Almasi ½-½, Bareev - Leko 0-1, Piket - Kramnik 1-0, Shirov - Topalov ½-½, Ljubojevic - Gelfand 0-1, Ivanchuk - Morozevich 1-0 Blindfold Almasi - van Wely ½-½, Leko - Bareev ½-½, Kramnik - Piket 1-0, Topalov - Shirov ½-½, Gelfand - Ljubojevic 1-0, Morozevich - Ivanchuk ½-½

Round 7 - 23/3/2002 Rapid Gelfand - Shirov ½-½, Morozevich - Ljubojevic 1-0, Topalov - Ivanchuk ½-½, Leko - van Wely 1-0, Kramnik - Bareev 0-1, Almasi - Piket 0-1 Blindfold Shirov - Gelfand 1-0, Ljubojevic - Morozevich 0-1, Ivanchuk - Topalov ½-½, van Wely - Leko 0-1, Bareev - Kramnik 1-0, Piket - Almasi ½-½ Round 8 - 24/3/2002 Rapid Bareev - Almasi 1-0, Piket - Leko 0-1, van Wely - Kramnik 0-1, Ljubojevic - Topalov 0-1, Ivanchuk - Gelfand 0-1, Shirov - Morozevich ½-½ Blindfold Almasi - Bareev 1-0, Leko - Piket 1-0, Kramnik - van Wely 1-0, Topalov - Ljubojevic 1-0, Gelfand - Ivanchuk 0-1, Morozevich - Shirov ½-½ Round 9 - 26/3/2002 Rapid Topalov - van Wely ½-½, Gelfand - Bareev ½-½, Morozevich - Piket ½-½, Almasi - Shirov ½-½, Leko - Ljubojevic ½-½, Kramnik - Ivanchuk ½-½ Blindfold van Wely - Topalov 0-1, Bareev - Gelfand ½-½, Piket - Morozevich 0-1, Shirov - Almasi ½-½, Ljubojevic - Leko ½-½, Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1-0    Round 10 - 27/3/2002 Rapid Shirov - Leko ½-½, Ljubojevic - Kramnik ½-½, Ivanchuk - Almasi ½-½, Van Wely - Gelfand 1-0, Bareev - Morozevich 0-1, Piket - Topalov 0-1 Blindfold Leko - Shirov ½-½, Kramnik - Ljubojevic 1-0, Almasi - Ivanchuk1-0, Gelfand - Van Wely0-1, Morozevich - Bareev1-0, Topalov - Piket 0-1 Round 11 - 28/3/2002 Rapid Almasi - Ljubojevic 1-0, Topalov - Bareev 1-0, Gelfand - Piket 1-0, Morozevich - Van Wely 1-0, Leko - Ivanchuk ½-½, Kramnik - Shirov 0-1 Blindfold Ljubojevic - Almasi ½-½, Bareev - Topalov ½-½, Piket - Gelfand 1-0, Van Wely - Morozevich ½-½, Ivanchuk - Leko ½-½, Shirov - Kramnik ½-½

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Round 1 - Rapid, Round 1 - Blind, Round 2 - Rapid, Round 2 - Blind, Round 3 - Rapid, Round 3 - Blind,
Round 4 - Rapid, Round 4 - Blind, Round 5 - Rapid, Round 5 - Blind, Round 6 - Rapid, Round 6 - Blind,
Round 7 - Rapid, Round 7 - Blind, Round 8 - Rapid, Round 8 - Blind, Round 9 - Rapid, Round 9 - Blind, 
Round 10 - Rapid, Round 10 - Blind, Round 11 - Rapid, Round 11 - Blind, All Games (99Kb) | Official site

Final Standings

Rapid				Blindfold			Combined

1.	Gelfand		7½	1.	Morozevich	9	1.	Morozevich 	15		 
2.	Ivanchuk	7	2.	Shirov	 	8	2.	Shirov		14½
	Topalov	 	7	3.	Leko	 	7	3.	Leko		13½
4.	Bareev 		6½	4.	Ivanchuk	6	4.	Ivanchuk	13	
	Leko		6½	5.	Bareev		5½	5.	Bareev		12
	Shirov		6½		Kramnik		5½		Gelfand		12
7.	Morozevich	6	7.	Almasi	 	5		Topalov		12
8. 	Kramnik		5½		Topalov	 	5	8.	Kramnik		11
9.	Piket		4½	9.	Gelfand		4½	9.	Almasi		 9
10.	Almasi	 	4		Piket		4½		Piket	 	 9
11.	Ljubojevic	3	11.	Van Wely	4	11.	Van Wely	 6
12.	Van Wely	2	12.	Ljubojevic	2	12.	Ljubojevic	 5

The matches will start at 13:30hrs and end at approximately 20:00hrs. Every day, the grandmasters will play one rapid game and one blindfold game of about one hour each. The blindfold games will be played with computers.

An empty chessboard will appear on the player’s screen. The moves are made with a mouse or with the keyboard. Each move will appear on both screens. After confirmation of receipt, the opponent’s clock will start and the move will disappear. However, the arbiter and the spectators can follow the entire game on monitors that are not visible to the grandmasters.

Technical installations will be taken care of by the Dutch company Lost Boys, based in Amsterdam. Results information can be found, during the tournament, on the tournament internet site : http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber

The winners of the previous “Amber Chess Tournaments” are:
2001: Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik, 2000 : Alexei Shirov, 1999: Vladimir Kramnik, 1998: Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik, 1997: Viswanathan Anand, 1996: Vladimir Kramnik, 1995: Anatoly Karpov, 1994: Viswanathan Anand, 1993: Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1992: Vassili Ivanchuk

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