В Монако прошел 2-й круг Амбер-турнира. Сущий итог (2 из 2) удалось показать только Магнусу Карлсену, с которым не управился Вугар Гашимов. По 1.5 очка накопили Грищук с Ароняном. 3 дуэли закончились полными ничьими: Топалов — Карякин, Крамник — Аронян и Иванчук — Гири.
[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian"] [Variation "4.e3, Gligoric систем with 7...dc"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a5 Red8 27. g3 Bd6 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf3 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rfe4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 e5 42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rc1 Kc6 44. Rc3 Kb5 45. Rf3 Rh6 46. Rf5 Rd7 47. Rf3 Rd8 48. Rf5 Rd7 49. Rf3 Rd8 50. Rf5 Ка4 51. Rf3 Rd7 52. Rf5 Kb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A35"] [Opening "English"] [Variation "symmetrical, four knights систем"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Be7 14. e4 h5 15. Be3 g6 16. Rad1 Kb7 17. Rd3 c4 18. bxc4 c5 19. e5 Kc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h4 Rd7 22. f3 Rd8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bh6 Rh8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rd1 Kc7 27. Bf2 Kc6 28. Bg1 Kc7 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rb1 a6 31. Bf2 Kc6 32. a4 Kc7 33. g4 Rh8 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rh8 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Rh1 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rb1 Ba5 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Rxd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Grischuk, Daniel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [Opening "King'с Indian"] [Variation "orthodox variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. Qf2 a6 19. Nb3 Be6 20. c5 Rad8 21. cxd6 Rxd6 22. Qc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfd7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bc1 Bc4 26. Kg2 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Nc4 28. Nbd4 c5 29. Nc2 Nf8 30. b3 Ne5 31. f4 Nc6 32. e5 Ne6 33. Be3 Rc7 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ng3 c4 36. bxc4 Na5 37. c5 Nxc5 38. Nb4 Ne6 39. Nd5 Rc2 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41. exf6 Nc4 42. f5 Rc3 43. fxe6 Rxe3+ 44. Kf4 fxe6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Nxh5 e5+ 49. Kg4 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Nd2+ 51. Kf2 gxh5 52. g6 Rf4+ 53. Ke2 Rxf6 54. g7+ Kg8 55. Kxd2 Rf2+ 56. Ke3 Rxa2 57. Ke4 Rxh2 58. Kf5 Kh7 59. Ra7 Ra2 60. g8=Q+ Kxg8 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. Kf6 Rf2+ 63. Kxe5 b4 64. Rxa6 b3 65. Rb6 b2 66. Ke4 Ke7 67. Ke3 Rh2 68. Kf4 Kd7 69. Kg3 Rd2 0-1 [Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "QGD Slav"] [Variation "4.e3"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Qe2 Nc7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne6 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nb3 e6 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nb8 21. Nfd4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Be5 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Qe7 30. e4 Rfd8 31. Nd6 Ne8 32. Nxe8+ Qxe8 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxe8 Rxe8 36. c6 Kf6 37. c7 Rc8 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd4 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Kxc7 42. Kxd5 Kb6 43. Ke5 Kb5 44. Kf6 Kb4 45. f4 Ка3 46. Kxf7 Kxa2 47. g4 a5 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 a4 50. f6 a3 51. Kg8 Kb3 52. f7 a2 53. f8=Q a1=Q 54. Qf3+ Kc4 55. Qf4+ Kd5 56. Kxh7 Qa7+ 57. Kg6 Qa6+ 58. Qf6 Qe2 59. h4 Kc5 60. h5 Qe8+ 61. Kh6 Kd5 62. Kg5 Qg8+ 63. Kf4 Qb8+ 64. Kg4 Qb4+ 65. Kg5 Qd2+ 66. Kg6 Kc4 67. h6 Qg2+ 68. Kf7 Qb7+ 69. Kg8 Qb8+ 70. Qf8 Qg3+ 71. Kh8 Qe5+ 72. Qg7 Qe4 73. h7 Kd3 74. Qd7+ Ke2 75. Kg8 Qg6+ 76. Kf8 Qh6+ 77. Qg7 Qf4+ 78. Qf7 Qh6+ 79. Ke7 Qh4+ 80. Ke8 Qa4+ 81. Kf8 Qd4 82. Qh5+ Kf2 83. h8=Q Qd6+ 84. Kf7 Qd7+ 85. Kg6 1-0 [Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [Opening "Queen'с Indian"] [Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. Ne5 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Qa4 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bxf4 21. gxf4 exd5 22. e3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. R1d4 b5 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Rb7 a6 27. Ree7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rb4 Rb1 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Rb6 33. Ra7 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Rc8 35. Ra1 h5 36. R7xa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Rc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Ra7 Kg8 40. Re7 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Re5 Rc2 43. Re7 Ra2 44. Rb7 Rc2 45. Ra7 Rb2 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rc7 Rb2 48. h3 Ra2 49. Rd7 Rb2 50. e4 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. f3 h4 53. Rd2 Rb1 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Rb2 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1 59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King'с Indian"] [Variation "3.g3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. Nd3 Bxd4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. e3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Nc3 e6 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bb6 Nb4 22. Nxb4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Red8 28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. e5 Nc4 32. Bxb7 Rab8 33. Rc7 Na5 34. Be4 Be8 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. R1c2 Nc4 37. Rc5 Rd4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. R5xc4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Ba4 41. Rf2 Rbd8 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rfc2 Ba4 44. Rf2 Be8 45. Rfc2 R8d4 46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rdd1 48. Rd2 Rfe1+ 49. Re2 Rg1 50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rf2 Rde1 52. Rc5 Ba4 53. Nc2 Rc1 54. b4 Rgd1 55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Re7 Rd8 58. Nd4 Kf8 59. Ra7 Re1+ 60. Ne2 Bb5 61. Rfxf7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 64. Kf4 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Kg8 69. Rag7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Kg8 71. Rc4 Bxc4 0-1 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "advance variation"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Ne1 c5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. c3 Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qg4 Ncb6 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. g3 Qd7 17. h4 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nh7 Rh8 26. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen'с pawn game"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nb4 21. Na5 Nd3 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nxb7 Ndxf2 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Bb6 Bf6 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bb6 Nd5 32. Ba5 Bf6 33. b3 Bb2 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Be5 36. h3 f5 37. Nd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Grischuk, Daniel"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "4.Nf3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. Kh1 Ne5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Bb8 23. Rf3 a6 24. Nc3 Ba7 25. Qe2 f5 26. Raf1 Rac8 27. Rh3 Bb8 28. e5 b5 29. Rxh6 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qh5 Qxb3 32. h4 Qc4 33. Rf3 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Qg4 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Re3 Rc5 37. Ne4 Rxe5 38. Rxg6+ fxg6 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Rxe5 g3 41. Re1 Kxf6 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. b3 Rb2 44. Kf1 Rxb3 45. Ra1 Rb6 46. Ke2 Kf5 47. Kf3 e5 48. Kxg3 Ke4 49. Kf2 Kd3 50. Ra3+ Kc4 51. Ke3 Re6 52. Ra1 e4 53. g4 Kb4 54. Rb1+ Kc5 55. Rc1+ Kd5 56. Rd1+ Ke5 57. Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2 011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "Burn variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ng3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d5 exd5 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. f4 Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rae1 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Rxf5 Qxh5 20. Nxh5 Rd7 21. Rxf7 Bd8 22. Rf5 b6 23. Nf4 d4 24. b3 Bc7 25. Nd3 Rg8 26. g3 Rg6 27. Kg2 Rc6 28. Re2 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rh5 Ra4 31. Nc1 Kb7 32. Rd2 a6 33. Rh4 Bd8 34. Rh5 b5 35. Nb3 Bb6 36. c3 d3 37. Nc1 Ba5 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Nxd3 Rxa2+ 40. Kf3 Bxc3 41. Rxh7+ Kc6 42. g4 b4 43. g5 b3 44. g6 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. Rh6 Bd2+ 47. Kf3 Bxh6 48. Kxg2 a5 49. Nb2 Kb5 0-1 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"] 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Kb1 Rhc8 20. a3 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. h3 Rd8 25. Re6+ Kc7 26. Rc1 Rd6 27. Re8 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Rc6+ 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. f4+ Kf5 33. Rd8 Re7+ 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5+ 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf5+ 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "20th Amber Рапид"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E70"] [Opening "King'с Indian"] [Variation "4.e4"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 a6 13. hxg4 axb5 14. cxb5 Qh4 15. g3 Qxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bf4 Bf3 18. b6 g5 19. Bxg5 Re5 20. Bh4 cxb6 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26. Rexe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Bc1 28. Rc4 Bxb2 29. f3 Ba3 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. g4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rf4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Kg2 Rxg4+ 36. Bg3 Rxe4 37. Rxb7 Rb4 38. Kf3 Rb5 39. Bf2 Rxd5 40. Rxb6 Kf5 41. Rb3 Ra5 42. Be1 Ra4 43. Bf2 Bc5 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Rb5 Rc4 46. a4 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. a5 c4 49. Rh5 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Ra2 51. Rxh7 Rxa5 52. Kc2 c3 53. Rh4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2
В зачете лидеров было трое: Аронян, Грищук и Карлсен. Эти шахматисты на очко опережают обозримых гонителей — Ананда и Гельфанда.
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