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Amber 2010: Carlsen's Comeback

All week on Chess.FM we've witnessed an amazing comeback at the Amber Tournament in Nice, France, as the teenage world #1, Magnus Carlsen, recovered from his opening-day shocker of losing 2-0 to Vassily Ivanchuk to strike back with a 'magnificent seven' successive wins.

Carlsen's hot steak came to an end though when he lost his round 5 rapid encounter to Sergey Karjakin - but Carlsen was back in command again with a brace of wins in rounds 6 over Boris Gelfand to jump into the lead in the overall standings on 9/12, a half point ahead of long-time leader Vassily Ivanchuk. Carlsen also leads the blindfold on 5/6, a half point ahead of Alexander Grischuk; with Ivanchuk and Vladimir Kramnik leading the rapid on 4.5/6, a half point ahead of Carlsen.

So it looks as if we're set for an exciting finish - and Chess.FM will be there right to the end covering Amber with live coverage, trivia, and our Game of the Day service. Also go to the official Amber site (http://www.amberchess2010.com/) for videos by the dynamic duo of our own Macauley Peterson and Peter Doggers of Chessvibes.

Game of the Day

Rd	date	Host	Players	FREE
11	Mar 25	GM Larry Christiansen	GM Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Boris Gelfand

Rd	date	Host	Players	FREE
10	Mar 24	Gregory Kaidanov	GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Ruslan Ponomariov
9	Mar 23	Varuzhan Akobian	GM Peter Svidler vs.GM Vladimir Kramnik
8	Mar 21	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Vugar Gashimov vs. GM Jan Smeets
7	Mar 20	GM Alex Yermolinksky	GM Levon Aronian vs.GM Vladimir Kramnik
6	Mar 19	GM Larry Christiansen	Boris Gelfand vs. GM Magnus Carlsen
5	Mar 18	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Sergey Karjakin
4	Mar 16	GM Nick De Firmian	GM Sergey Karjakin vs. GM Peter Svidler
3	Mar 15	GM Larry Christiansen	GM Levon Aronian vs. GM Magnus Carlsen
2	Mar 14	GM Nick De Firmian	GM Levon Aronian vs. GM Sergey Karjakin
1	Mar 13	GM Jon Speelman	GM Levon Aronian vs. GM Magnus Carlsen

Final standings after round 11

N	Name	FED	FIDE	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		0		1		2		PTS	TPR
1	Ivanchuk	UKR	2748			1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	14.5	2863
2	Carlsen	NOR	2813	0	0			0	½	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	14.5	2857
3	Kramnik	RUS	2790	½	½	1	½			0	1	1	0	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	13.0	2807
4	Grischuk	RUS	2756	½	0	1	0	1	0			1	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	12.5	2795
5	Karjakin	UKR	2725	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	½			½	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	12.0	2784
6	Gashimov	AZE	2740	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	½			0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	11.5	2760
7	Gelfand	ISR	2750	½	0	0	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1			½	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	11.5	2759
8	Svidler	RUS	2750	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	1			1	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	11.5	2759
9	Aronian	ARM	2782	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	0			0	1	1	1	1	½	11.0	2743
10	Ponomariov	UKR	2737	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	0			½	1	½	½	9.0	2682
11	Smeets	NED	2651	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0			½	1	6.0	2579
12	Dominguez	CUB	2713	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0			5.0	2538

Trivia winners

Round	1 month	NIC subscription	GOTD 3 months
1	powerpawn	smallmaster	doubleknights
2	Qui	Qui	Sluggish
3	todd	ShadyMoves	DrAgone
4	trabiwa	bonsayandy	andrici2001
5	Silkenfist	cblack	non-member
6	Costanza1	moomintroll	calcomar
7	flaneur	Micawbr	Rookie7
8	Masciarelli	ProfJesus	Marblerevealer
9	bdubois	Bezzay	weene10
10	Masciarelli	HordaMaster	non-member
11	Masciarelli	Gliga	notmtwain

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