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Anand Beats Mamedyarov |
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Anand Beats Mamedyarov
By Arvind Aaron
World champion Viswanathan Anand is keeping his rapid tradition flying
high by posting another win with the black pieces. He defeated Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan 1.5-0.5 in the second round of the Amber
Tournament at Nice on March 16.
Anand is playing at 2972 and is among the three leaders on three points
from four games. He shares the lead with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) and Levon
Aronian (Arm) on threepoints from four games. Nine rounds or 18 games are
left to be played in this 12-player double all-play-all.
The players face each other in two games, one blindfold and one rapid
game. The increment in blindfold is 20 seconds and rapid is 10 seconds.
The third illegal move in blindfold will cost the game.
In the white game, Anand faced an Alekhine defence and could not get much
from the passed queen pawn. They drew a rook ending.
In the decisive second game, Anand won in 42 moves with black after white
chose an 2.b3 against the Sicilian defense of the Indian player.
The significant winner of round two was Magnus Carlsen who beat the lowest
rated Loek Van Wely 2-0. The second round results (blindfold):
Ivanchuk drew Gelfand, Kramnik drew Leko, Van Wely lost to Carlsen,
Morozevich bt Topalov, Karjakin drew Aronian, Anand drew Mamedyarov.
The second round results (rapid): Gelfand lost to Ivanchuk, Leko
lost to Kramnik, Carlsen bt Van Wely, Topalov bt Morozevich, Aronian bt
Karjakin, Mamedyarov lost to Anand
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