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Amber Homestretch

Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen are regarded as the "coming force" for a newer generation in world chess; they are in the top three in the world rankings, and both are tipped to become world title challengers in the near future. And going into the homestretch of the 20th and sadly final Amber Tournament in Monaco, both have a commanding lead at the top of the overall standings, as they leave the rest of the field in their wake.

Aronian has the sole lead in the combined standings on 11.5/16, a half point ahead of Carlsen - but both are well ahead of their closest rivals in veterans Vassily Ivanchuk and World champion Vishy Anand, trail on 8.5 points. And with just three rounds to go at Amber, it very much looks like a two-horse race now between Aronian and Carlsen. In the individual tournaments, Aronian leads in the blindfold on 6/8, 1.5 points ahead of Anand, Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk; while in the rapid tournament, Carlsen leads on 6.5/8, a point clear of Aronian.

For all the standings and daily reports, go to the official site at http://www.amberchess20.com.Here on Chess.FM, GMs Yasser Seirawan & co-host Ronen Har-Zvi will be bidding a fond farewell to the Amber extravaganza by being joined by GMs Joel Benjamin, Miguel Illescas and Larry Christiansen for the final three rounds - and they will also be providing a free(!) daily GOTD service. There will also be a daily trivia contest to win a one-year subscription to New In Chess magazine (only open to ICC members).

Live coverage start from 9:30am ICC on Tuesday and Wednesday, 22nd and 23rd March, with the final round on Thursday, 24th March starting at 7:30am ICC. Join ICC by clicking here to take part in all the activities and get your final chance to win a major prizes!

Game of the day

Rd	Date	Commentator	Event	FREE TO ALL
8	Sun, Mar 20	GM Joel Benjamin	Round 8 highlights
7	Sat, Mar 19	GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 7 highlights
6	Fri, Mar 18	GM Larry Christiansen	Round 6 highlights
5	Thu, Mar 17	GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 5 highlights
4	Tues, Mar 15	GM Jan Smeets	Round 4 highlights
3	Mon, Mar 14	GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 3 highlights
2	Sun, Mar 13	GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 2 highlights
1	Sat, Mar 12	GM Ronen Har-Zvi	Round 1 highlights

Standings after round R8

N	Name	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		PTS	TPR
1	Aronian	.	.	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	.	.	.	.	1	½	1	1	.	.	11.5	2928
2	Carlsen	½	½	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	.	.	½	1	1	1	11.0	2907
3	Ivanchuk	½	0	1	1	.	.	½	1	½	1	0	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	1	½	½	.	.	8.5	2787
4	Anand	½	0	.	.	½	0	.	.	½	1	.	.	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	.	.	½	½	8.5	2793
5	Grischuk	½	1	.	.	½	0	½	0	.	.	.	.	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	.	.	1	1	8.0	2780
6	Gashimov	0	0	0	0	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	½	1	½	½	.	.	1	½	½	1	8.0	2775
7	Nakamura	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	0	½	.	.	7.5	2745
8	Topalov	.	.	½	0	.	.	0	½	1	0	½	0	.	.	.	.	½	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	7.5	2742
9	Karjakin	.	.	½	0	.	.	½	½	½	1	½	½	.	.	½	½	.	.	0	0	½	0	1	½	7.0	2720
10	Gelfand	0	½	.	.	½	0	½	0	0	½	.	.	½	1	½	0	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	0	7.0	2739
11	Giri	0	0	½	0	½	½	.	.	.	.	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	1	.	.	.	.	½	0	6.0	2695
12	Kramnik	.	.	0	0	.	.	½	½	0	0	½	0	.	.	1	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	.	.	5.5	2645

Chess.FM commentary Schedule


Rd	Date	Host	Analyst
	03/21	Rest Day
9	03/22	GM Ronen Har-Zvi	GM Joel Benjamin
10	03/23	GM Yasser Seirawan	GM Miguel Illescas
11	03/24	GM Yasser Seirawan	GM Larry Christiansen

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