Anand Loses To Aronian
By Arvind Aaron

Levon Aronian of Armenia forged ahead in the 17th Amber Chess Tournament with a 1.5-0.5 win over second placed world champion Viswanathan Anand at Nice on Easter Sunday.

Sunday's defeat in blindfold chess proved costly as he slid from second place to tied four-seven places. Anand is on 8.5/16 and with three rounds or six games still left, he can still improve rapidly. Aronian leads with 10.5/16. He maintains his one point lead with that win over Anand from the Semi-Slav.

Aronian won a rook for minor piece and than used good technique to convert the advantage. In the reverse rapid game, Anand faced a Marshall attack and offered a draw when the presence of opposite colour bishop became evident.

Carlsen had a huge day when he won Mamedyarov 2-0 to highjump to clear second pace on 9.5 points.

The round eight results (blindfold): Aronian bt Anand, Carlsen bt Mamedyarov, Karjakin drew with Topalov, Van Wely lost to Leko, Gelfand drew with Morozevich, Ivanchuk drew with Kramnik.

The round eight results (rapid): Anand drew with Aronian, Mamedyarov lost to Carlsen, Topalov bt Karjakin, Leko drew with Van Wely, Morozevich bt Gelfand, Kramnik drew with Ivanchuk.
 

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