Traditional chess festival “Amber 2009” is held from 14th to 26th March 2009 in Nice (France). Participants are the best chessplayers in the world: Anand, Kramnik, Aronian, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Leko, Morozevich, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Kamsky and the best Bulgarian chessplayer Veselin Topalov (FIDE World Chess Championship’s candidate against the world champion Viswanathan Anand).
Tournament playing rules are: It's double round robin tournament (rapid + blitz).
Round 4
After Round 4, the leader is Vladimir Kramnik with 5.5 points in combined standings.
Melody Amber 2007 – Kramnik won Melody Amber for the sixth time –
http://en.chessfish.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=40
Amber 2008 – Aronian won –
http://en.chessfish.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=604
Standings after Round 4:
Blind chess:
1. Kramnik 3Ѕ
2. Carlsen 3
3. Aronian 2Ѕ
Leko 2Ѕ
Morozevich 2Ѕ
Topalov 2Ѕ
7. Anand 2
Radjabov 2
9. Ivanchuk 1
Kamsky 1
Karjakin 1
12. Wang Yue Ѕ
Blitz chess:
1. Aronian 2Ѕ
Kamsky 2Ѕ
Morozevich 2Ѕ
Radjabov 2Ѕ
5. Anand 2
Ivanchuk 2
Karjakin 2
Kramnik 2
Topalov 2
10. Carlsen 1Ѕ
11. Leko 1Ѕ
12. Wang Yue 1
Combined Classification:
1. Kramnik 5Ѕ
2. Aronian 5
Morozevich 5
4. Carlsen 4Ѕ
Radjabov 4Ѕ
Topalov 4Ѕ
7. Anand 4
Leko 4
9. Kamsky 3Ѕ
10. Ivanchuk 3
Karjakin 3
12. Wang Yue 1Ѕ
Official site: http://www.amberchess2009.com/
Translated by Asya Petrova (Thanks!)
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