Round 8 Rapid Games AMBER 2011

23 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are a few rapid chess games at AMBER Rapid 2011 in Monaco during round 8. In all three games the player with white won.

Here is a game between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov in which white won in a Closed Sicilian opening.

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. a4 f5 11. Nd5 fxe4 12. dxe4 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qf5
15. Ne6 Bf6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Ra3 Nh6 18. Rg3 Kd7 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxd5 21.
Nf4 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23. gxh6 Rxh6 24. Nd5 Rhh8 25. Qd2 Rhf8 26. Re1 Rf5 27.
Nb6+ Kc6 28. Bxc5 Rbf8 29. Bd4 1-0

 

In the 8th round of Amber Rapid 2011 in Monaco, Aronian played against World Champion Anand and won with a Queen’s Gambit Declined opening.

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. O-O e5 16. Na4 Be6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 Qf4 24. Bf3 d3 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 a5 27. Bf3 axb4
28. Qxb4 d2 29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8 34.
Qb2 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 Bxh3 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40.
Be2 Qe4 41. gxh3 Qxa4 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ Qxe3 51. fxe3 Kg5 52.
Kg2 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7 Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4
59. Bd7 1-0

In the 8th round of Amber Rapid 2011 at Monaco, Tata Steel Champion, Nakamura met Grischuk and won with white in a King’s Indian Classical opening.

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2011.03.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6 9. Ng4 Qe8 10. Ne3 Kh8 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Be2 Nh6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. axb4 Nc7 28. Na3 Rag8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Nc2 Be7 34. Ne1 Nf6 35. Bc3 Rc8 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Nf3 Qg6 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Rh3 a5 40. bxa5 b5 41. a6 Bd8 42. Ra1 Bb6 43. Nxh4 Qg5 44. Be1 Rxc4 45. Nf5 Rg8 46. Nxd6 Rc7 47. Qf3 Bd4 48. Rc1 Ra7 49. Rc6 b4 50. Nb5 Rf7 51. a7 b3 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qxd4 Qxg2+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. f3 Qg7 57. Bc3 Re7 58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. dxc6 b2 60. Qxg7+ Rexg7 61. Bxb2 1-0

Links:

• Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC)
  Fri 11th Mar 2011 - Fri 25th Mar 2011 - Official Site
• Amber Blindfold (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+20spm) - Games in PGN: Blindfold Games |Blindfold Live
• Amber Rapid (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games | Rapid Live
• Amber Combined (12 players 22 Rds DRR Indiv )