Levon Aronian is the winner of the 17th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. The 25-year-old Armenian already secured first place in the rapid section and overall tournament victory in yesterday’s round. Today he drew both his games against Peter Leko to finish on 14½ points.

All results and final standings bellow:

Round XI, Thursday March 27 14.30 Blind Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Karjakin Leko 1/2-1/2 Aronian Morozevich 1-0 Carlsen 16.00 Blind Topalov 1-0 Ivanchuk Anand 1/2-1/2 Van Wely Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Gelfand 17.45 Rapid Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Aronian 1/2-1/2 Leko Carlsen 1-0 Morozevich 19.15 Rapid Ivanchuk 1-0 Topalov Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Anand Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Round IX, Tuesday March 25 14.30 Blind Leko 1/2-1/2 Karjakin Morozevich 0-1 Aronian Kramnik 1-0 Carlsen 16.00 Blind Anand 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk Mamedyarov 0-1 Van Wely Topalov 1/2-1/2 Gelfand 17.45 Rapid Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Leko Aronian 1-0 Morozevich Carlsen 1/2-1/2 Kramnik 19.15 Rapid Ivanchuk 1-0 Anand Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Topalov Round VIII, Sunday March 23 14.30 Blind Aronian 1-0 Anand Carlsen 1-0 Mamedyarov Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Topalov 16.00 Blind Van Wely 0-1 Leko Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Morozevich Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Kramnik 17.45 Rapid Anand 1/2-1/2 Aronian Mamedyarov 0-1 Carlsen Topalov 1-0 Karjakin 19.15 Rapid Leko 1/2-1/2 Van Wely Morozevich 1-0 Gelfand Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk Round VII, Saturday March 22 14.30 Blind Morozevich 0-1 Ivanchuk Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Van Wely Leko 1/2-1/2 Gelfand 16.00 Blind Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Karjakin Topalov 0-1 Aronian Anand 1/2-1/2 Carlsen 17.45 Rapid Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Morozevich Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Leko 19.15 Rapid Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Aronian 1/2-1/2 Topalov Carlsen 1/2-1/2 Anand Round VI, Friday March 21 14.30 Blind Karjakin 0-1 Anand Aronian 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Carlsen 1/2-1/2 Topalov 16.00 Blind Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Leko Van Wely 0-1 Morozevich Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Kramnik 17.45 Rapid Anand 1/2-1/2 Karjakin Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Aronian Topalov 1/2-1/2 Carlsen 19.15 Rapid Leko 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk Morozevich 1/2-1/2 Van Wely Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Gelfand Round V, Thursday March 20 14.30 Blind Topalov 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Leko 1-0 Mamedyarov Morozevich 1-0 Anand 16.00 Blind Carlsen 1-0 Gelfand Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Aronian Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Karjakin 17.45 Rapid Kramnik 1-0 Topalov Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Leko Anand 1-0 Morozevich 19.15 Rapid Gelfand 1/2-1/2 Carlsen Aronian 1-0 Ivanchuk Karjakin 1-0 Van Wely Round IV, Tuesday March 18 14.30 Blind Gelfand 0-1 Van Wely Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk Aronian 1/2-1/2 Carlsen 16.00 Blind Kramnik 1-0 Morozevich Anand 1/2-1/2 Leko Mamedyarov 0-1 Topalov 17.45 Rapid Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Gelfand Ivanchuk 1-0 Karjakin Carlsen 0-1 Aronian 19.15 Rapid Morozevich 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Leko 1-0 Anand Topalov 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Round III, Monday March 17 14.30 Blind Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Topalov 1/2-1/2 Anand Leko 1/2-1/2 Morozevich 16.00 Blind Aronian 1/2-1/2 Gelfand Carlsen 1-0 Karjakin Van Wely 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk 17.45 Rapid Kramnik 0-1 Mamedyarov Anand 1/2-1/2 Topalov Morozevich 0-1 Leko 19.15 Rapid Gelfand 1-0 Aronian Karjakin 1-0 Carlsen Ivanchuk 0-1 Van Wely Round II, Sunday March 16 14.30 Blind Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Gelfand Van Wely 0-1 Carlsen Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Aronian 16.00 Blind Kramnik 1/2-1/2 Leko Morozevich 1-0 Topalov Anand 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov 17.45 Rapid Gelfand 0-1 Ivanchuk Carlsen 1-0 Van Wely Aronian 1-0 Karjakin 19.15 Rapid Leko 0-1 Kramnik Topalov 1-0 Morozevich Mamedyarov 0-1 Anand Round I, Saturday 15th March 2008 14.30 Blind Anand 1/2-1/2 Kramnik Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Morozevich Topalov 1-0 Leko 16.00 Blind Gelfand 0-1 Karjakin Aronian 1/2-1/2 Van Wely Carlsen 0-1 Ivanchuk 17.45 Rapid Kramnik 0-1 Anand Morozevich 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov Leko 1/2-1/2 Topalov 19.15 Rapid Karjakin 1/2-1/2 Gelfand Van Wely 0-1 Aronian Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 Carlsen

Standings Blindfold 1. Kramnik, Vladimir 2799 6½ 2. Aronian, Levon 2739 6½ 3. Morozevich, Alexander 2765 6½ 4. Topalov, Veselin 2780 6½ 5. Leko, Peter 2753 6 6. Anand, Viswanathan 2799 6 7. Carlsen, Magnus 2733 6 8. Karjakin, Sergey 2732 5 9. Van Wely, Loek 2681 5 10. Ivanchuk, Vassily 2751 4½ 11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2760 4½ 12. Gelfand, Boris 2737 3 Standings Rapid 1. Aronian, Levon 2739 8 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 2751 6½ 3. Gelfand, Boris 2737 6 4. Leko, Peter 2753 6 5. Carlsen, Magnus 2733 6 6. Kramnik, Vladimir 2799 5½ 7. Topalov, Veselin 2780 5½ 8. Anand, Viswanathan 2799 5 9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2760 4½ 10. Morozevich, Alexander 2765 4½ 11. Karjakin, Sergey 2732 4½ 12. Van Wely, Loek 2681 4 Standings Combined 1. Aronian, Levon 2739 14½ 2. Kramnik, Vladimir 2799 12 3. Leko, Peter 2753 12 4. Topalov, Veselin 2780 12 5. Carlsen, Magnus 2733 12 6. Ivanchuk, Vassily 2751 11 7. Anand, Viswanathan 2799 11 8. Morozevich, Alexander 2765 11 9. Karjakin, Sergey 2732 9½ 10. Gelfand, Boris 2737 9 11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2760 9 12. Van Wely, Loek 2681 9