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Published on 03/17/07 at 20:28:51 GMT-06:00 por Admin
Amber 2007
The 16th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament se Jugara en el Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel en Monaco del 17 al 29 de marzo. El torneo es organizado por la Association Max Euwe y el premio es de € 216,000. Los participantes son Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Vasily Ivanchuk, Peter Leko, Levon Aronian, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Svidler, Magnus Carlsen, Loek van Wely y Francisco Vallejo. diariamente se juega una ronda en 4 seciones ; 2 blindfold y 2 rapid chess . Saturday March 17 Round I 15.00 Blind Aronian-Vallejo 1-0 Leko-Svidler 0-1 Gelfand-Carlsen 1/2-1/2 16.30 Blind Radjabov-Kramnik 0-1 Van Wely-Ivanchuk 0-1 Morozevich-Anand 1-0 18.15 Rapid Vallejo-Aronian 0-1 Svidler-Leko 0-1 Carlsen-Gelfand 1/2-1/2 19.45 Rapid Kramnik-Radjabov 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk-Van Wely 1-0 Anand-Morozevich 1/2-1/2
Nota de Prensa dl comite organizador ( por falta de tiempo no se hizo la traduccion)
The opening ceremony of the sixteenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament took place last night at the Monte Carlo Automobile museum, where the players were taken by a small train, the kind that is normally in use for tourist tours around Monaco. Surrounded by a fascinating collection of cars from the early twentieth century to the 1960s, most of them from the private collection of the late Prince Rainier, they were welcomed with drinks and snacks, before they sat down for dinner. As on previous occasions Mr Edwin Tolsma, the general manager of the Association Max Euwe, informed the guests about the activities of Melody Amber, the daughter of Mr Van Oosterom after whom the tournament is named. He told them that Melody is doing excellently in all her pursuits but will not be able to attend the tournament due to her busy life.
Mr Tolsma also spoke a special word of welcome to the players who make their debut in Monaco, Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov, to World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who returned after he was absent last year, and to the winner of the recent Linares-Morelia tournament, Vishy Anand. Next he handed the floor to chief arbiter Geurt Gijssen who proceeded with the drawing of lots.
When they arrived at the museum the players had already tried their hand at ‘sjoelen’ a traditional Dutch game that most of them were familiar with, as traditionally it’s one of the attractions in the hospitality lounge. The player with the highest score, in this case Levon Aronian, was invited to come forward first to pick up one of twelve car models which carried his number, and then the others followed suit.
And so, today at three o’clock in the afternoon the first round of the sixteenth Amber tournament started, which immediately saw great fights and a highly encouraging number of decisions.
Levon Aronian gave an example of his tactical agility in his blindfold game against Francisco Vallejo, although all in all he could call himself lucky to emerge as the winner given the number of scary moments he had to survive. In a popular opening variation he decided to sacrifice two pawns, which he confessed afterwards, was one too many. ‘You could not do this in a normal game, but in a rapid game it gives some chances.’ Yet, it took some time before these chances materialized as initially Vallejo played well. A first improvement the Spaniard missed was 22…Nf6, when Aronian intended 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.d5 and the complications look unclear but in fact Black is much better. Another imprecise move was 25…Qd7 where Aronian felt 25…Qd8 was better. After 26.f5 he got chances (the threat is Bg5), but it was only 32…Rc5 that definitely upset the balance. With 32…Nc5 Black could have continued an open fight. After the text-move 33.Qh3 was a killer, as the queen will invade the black position with devastating force. With his typical sense of humour, Aronian didn’t forget to mention that in the final position he could also have played the funny 35.Ke1.
The rapid game was another sad affair for the grandmaster from Mallorca. As in his games against Leko (½-½) and Morozevich (1-0) from last year, Aronian defended with his childhood love, the Schliemann-Jaenisch variation of the Ruy Lopez. On those occasions Aronian collected a draw and a loss. This time he deviated from theory when he didn’t play 8…Bxf3 but provoked his opponent with 8…Bh5. Vallejo managed to get a slight material advantage but Black’s compensation in activity was enough to maintain the balance. Vallejo had various chances to force the draw but he wanted to win and this turned out badly. Once a pair of rooks left the board, it was still a draw, but by now White’s defence was quite unpleasant and after 87 moves Aronian won, leaving Vallejo sitting at the board for some more minutes in total disbelief.
Peter Leko and Peter Svidler played the longest game of the first blindfold session, which ended in a victory for the black player after one and a half hours. In the opening Svidler played the risky 11…Bc5 (‘Black cannot play like this’), because he didn’t want to repeat 11…Na5 as happened in Leko’s game against Anand (with reversed colours!) last week in Linares. White got a pleasant position, but Svidler found some compensation when he decided to give up his b pawn. When Leko played 35.Nf1 he would have done better to go 35.Ng4, as was pointed out by Ljubomir Ljubojevic in the analysis room. Gradually Svidler got an excellent game and once he’d played 48…Qh5 it was clear that White was in trouble, particularly as he was running out of time. This proved decisive and in the next ten moves the white position collapsed.
Leko had his revenge in the rapid game when Svidler mixed up moves in the opening and ended up in a worse position. Still, if he’d played 29.Bf4 instead of 29.Qxe4 the game would have continued. Now after 30…Rf6! Black’s attack became unstoppable and eight moves later White had no option but to resign.
In their blindfold game Boris Gelfand and Magnus Carlsen exchanged ideas in a fashionable line of the Queen’s Indian. The Israeli grandmaster came up with a new idea, 11.Nh4, which according to him forced his opponent to play some very accurate moves. With a steady hand Carlsen acquitted himself of this task and after twenty moves he forced his opponent to resign himself to a draw with a repetition of moves.
In the rapid game the roles were reversed. This time Carlsen exerted pressure and Gelfand had to be on his guard. Probably Carlsen’s 20.Rd6 was not the best, as 20.f3 might have offered better chances. In the game 28…Qd5 led to a forced draw.
The blindfold game between Teimour Radjabov and Vladimir Kramnik was further proof that the Azerbaijani grandmaster is looking for a fight in each and every game. Taking great risks he set the board on fire and lured the world champion into messy tussle. However, Kramnik didn’t flinch and with precise play he obtained a winning position. But here again Radjabov showed his mettle and built up a stubborn defence, which was only cracked when running out of time he dropped a piece.
In the rapid game Radjabov surprisingly also went for the Schliemann-Jaenisch Defence and managed to reach a position where he had no complaints. In fact he even won a pawn, but given the opposite-coloured bishops and Black’s doubled c-pawns, Kramnik offered a draw after the exchanges on g4. Seeing no reason why he should accept, Radjabov continued, looking for more. But Kramnik defended tenaciously and after 68 moves he had salvaged the draw.
The blindfold game that Loek van Wely played against Vasily Ivanchuk ended in disaster for the Dutch grandmaster. ‘I played like a moron’, he summed up the quality of his opening moves, but added in all fairness that his opponent had jumped at his chances with great directness and precision. Once Black’s attack got rolling there was nothing to stop it and after 27 moves White had to surrender.
The rapid game did little to cheer Van Wely up. In the opening he didn’t remember the theory after 11.Nc4, although he believed afterwards that there was no real difference between 11…Nb6 and 11…Nc5, as he played. A real mistake, according to Van Wely was 18…Rd8, where 18…Bg4 looked better. Now he lost a pawn and quite soon this material deficit proved too much to overcome.
Just like last year two of the hot favourites (after all they jointly won the previous tournament), Alexander Morozevich and Vishy Anand met in the very first round. And again Morozevich immediately dealt a heavy blow in the blindfold game. Looking back the Russian grandmaster wasn’t sure how well they had played, especially since the dynamics of the position kept changing constantly forcing the players to be on the alert continuously. Once he had managed to play h5 and e5, however, Morozevich felt that he had a clear advantage and after 40…g5 followed by 41…Kf8 Black went downhill rapidly.
The rapid game seemed to give Anand a clear opening advantage and with the vulnerable pawn on g5 and White’s pieces threatening to invade Black’s position looked fishy. Morozevich opined that 29.Nd6 gave away White’s chances to win, where he might have kept the pressure with 29.Nh6. Eight moves later the draw was a fact.
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