Event: 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
Date March 19 - 31
Location: Monte Carlo, MONACO
Participants: Anand, Topalov, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Svidler, Shirov, Ivanchuk, Bareev, Gelfand, Vallejo & Van Wely
Games:

Round 1 (Blindfold): Leko, P - Svidler, P     0-1     English opening     45 moves
Round 1 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Leko, P     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense     57 moves
Round 2 (Blindfold): Svidler, P - Gelfand, B     1-0     Sicilian defense: Najdorf variation     41 moves
Round 2 (Rapid): Gelfand, B - Svidler, P     0-1     Grunfeld defense     52 moves
Round 3 (Blindfold): Morozevich, A - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Caro Kann: advance variation     44 moves
Round 3 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Morozevich, A     0-1     French defense: Steinitz variation     38 moves
Round 4 (Blindfold): Svidler, P - Van Wely, L     0-1     Sicilian defense    29 moves
Round 4 (Rapid): Van Wely, L - Svidler, P     0-1     English opening     35 moves
Round 5 (Blindfold): Bareev, E - Svidler, P         0-1     English opening     33 moves
Round 5 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Bareev, E     0.5-0.5     French defense: Rubinstein variation     38 moves
Round 6 (Blindfold): Vallejo, F - Svidler, P     1-0     Grunfeld defense     53 moves
Round 6 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Vallejo, F     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense     128 moves
Round 7 (Blindfold): Svidler, P - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5    Sicilian defense     51 moves
Round 7 (Rapid): Shirov, A - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense     32 moves
Round 8 (Blindfold): Ivanchuk, V - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5   Sicilian defense   71 moves
Round 8 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Ivanchuk, V     0-1     Sicilian defense     37 moves
Round 9 (Blindfold): Svidler, P - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian defense: Nimzovich-Rossolimo 33 moves
Round 9 (Rapid): Kramnik, V - Svidler, P      0-1     Sicilian defense: Taimanov variation     30 moves
Round 10 (Blindfold): Anand, V - Svidler, P     0.5-0.5    Sicilian defense: Maroczy bind    20 moves
Round 10 (Rapid): Svidler, P - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     French defense: Rubinstein variation     22 moves
Round 11 (Blindfold): Svidler, P - Topalov, V     0-1     Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense     47 moves
Round 11 (Rapid): Topalov, V - Svidler, P     1-0     English opening     58 moves

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