Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament 2002

Chess Siberia

Rounds 1-11 Results

Round 11, March 28 (the last round)
Morozevich-Van Wely 1-0 (Alexander converted an extra pawn in a victory. A very long game), Van Wely-Morozevich 1/2
Kramnik-Shirov 0-1 (Alexei played very strong), Shirov-Kramnik 1/2 (Ruy Lopez)
Topalov-Bareev 1-0 (French. Interesting is 14...Bd6), Bareev-Topalov 1/2
Almasi-Ljubojevic 1-0 (An original fight), Ljubojevic-Almasi 1/2 (Ljubomir could win)
Gelfand-Piket 1-0 (Boris grabbed a central pawn and won), Piket-Gelfand 1-0 (Black had some edge in the Slav)
Leko-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Leko 1/2 (Draw by repetition)

Round 10, March 27 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Shirov-Leko 1/2 (Fire?), Leko-Shirov 1/2 (Double-edged play in the Sicilian. Perpetual check)
Van Wely-Gelfand 1-0 (Loek sacrificed the exchange and position was unclear), Gelfand-Van Wely 0-1
Ljubojevic-Kramnik 1/2 (Interesting is 17...Qxh2+), Kramnik-Ljubojevic 1-0 (Queen's Indian)
Bareev-Morozevich 0-1 (Moro outplayed Evgeny in the ending), Morozevich-Bareev 1-0 (French)
Ivanchuk-Almasi 1/2 (White had some edge in the Spanish, then Black could play 25...Rdg8! with attack), Almasi-Ivanchuk 1-0 (French. Zoltan had an edge in the endgame)
Piket-Topalov 0-1 (Queen's Gambit Accepted), Topalov-Piket 0-1 (Veselin blundered his queen)

Round 9, March 26 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Topalov-Van Wely 1/2 (White had some edge), Van Wely-Topalov 0-1 (31. Nd6? was dangerous)
Almasi-Shirov 1/2 (A quick draw in the Sicilian), Shirov-Almasi 1/2 (An easy draw in the Berlin Ruy-Lopez)
Gelfand-Bareev 1/2 (Slav, bishop vs 3 pawns), Bareev-Gelfand 1/2 (Catalan, draw by repetition)
Leko-Ljubojevic 1/2 (White had a clear edge), Ljubojevic-Leko 1/2 (Black had a small edge in the Queen's Indian)
Morozevich-Piket 1/2 (Black had an extra pawn in the endgame), Piket-Morozevich 0-1 (English, Black seized the initiative)
Kramnik-Ivanchuk 1/2 (An original opening), Ivanchuk-Kramnik 1-0 (Ruy-Lopez, queen+bishop vs rook+bishop+knight)

Round 8, March 24 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Bareev-Almasi 1-0 (An equal game in the English. Zoltan made an error 27...Rd7?), Almasi-Bareev 1-0 (Better was 27...Re8)
Ljubojevic-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin outplayed Ljubo in the ending), Topalov-Ljubojevic 1-0
Piket-Leko 0-1 (Queen's Indian. 31. Nxd5? was bad), Leko-Piket 1-0
Ivanchuk-Gelfand 0-1 (Najdorf Sicilian), Gelfand-Ivanchuk 0-1 (Benko-Volga Gambit)
Van Wely-Kramnik 0-1 (Loek blundered his queen), Kramnik-Van Wely 1-0 (Better was 14...dxc4. Vladimir sacrificed two rooks)
Kramnik (2843) - Van Wely (2677) [D13], Amber Blindfold, Monaco (8) 2002
Shirov-Morozevich 1/2 (Caro-Kann), Morozevich-Shirov 1/2 (Russian)

Round 7, March 23 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Gelfand-Shirov 1/2 (White stood better), Shirov-Gelfand 1-0 (White obtained some edge in the French)
Leko-Van Wely 1-0 (Black had an edge in the Sicilian. Better was 19...b4), Van Wely-Leko 0-1 (Queen's Indian. Black grabbed a pawn)
Morozevich-Ljubojevic 1-0 (A nice knight's sacrifice), Ljubojevic-Morozevich 0-1
Morozevich (2715) - Ljubojevic (2607) [B86], Amber Rapid, Monaco (7) 2002
Kramnik-Bareev 0-1 (Equality in the French, then Black won a pawn), Bareev-Kramnik 1-0 (Black had a small advantage, but lost in the ending)
Topalov-Ivanchuk 1/2 (Alekhine Defence), Ivanchuk-Topalov 1/2
Almasi-Piket 0-1 , Piket-Almasi 1/2

Round 6, March 22 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Van Wely-Almasi 1/2, Almasi-Van Wely 1/2
Shirov-Topalov 1/2, Topalov-Shirov 1/2
Bareev-Leko 0-1 (Peter sacrificed two exchanges), Leko-Bareev 1/2
Ljubojevic-Gelfand 0-1, Gelfand-Ljubojevic 1-0
Piket-Kramnik 1-0 (Black had a small edge in the Queen's Indian, but then blundered a piece with 26...Nc6?), Kramnik-Piket 1-0
Ivanchuk-Morozevich 1-0 (White obtained an edge in the Slav), Morozevich-Ivanchuk 1/2 (Double-edged game)

Round 5, March 21 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Kramnik-Morozevich 1-0 (Vladimir sacrificed a piece), Morozevich-Kramnik 1/2
Kramnik, V. (2809) - Morozevich, A. (2742) [D17], Amber Rapid, Monaco (5) 2002
Piket-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Piket 1-0
Topalov-Leko 0-1 (Peter made a strong blow 17...Rxg2+! and won the ending), Leko-Topalov 1-0 (White grabbed a pawn and won)
Shirov-Bareev 0-1 (Evgeny won a pawn in the endgame), Bareev-Shirov 0-1 (White blundered a piece with 20. Bxc6?)
Gelfand-Almasi 1-0 (Zoltan made a mistake 30...Qd6?. Better was 30...Nxd7! with compensation for the queen), Almasi-Gelfand 0-1 (Boris attacked in the Najdorf Sicilian)
Ljubojevic-Van Wely 1-0, Van Wely-Ljubojevic 1/2

Round 4, March 19 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Ivanchuk-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-Ivanchuk 1/2
Van Wely-Shirov 0-1, Shirov-Van Wely 1-0
Bareev-Piket 1-0, Piket-Bareev 1/2
Morozevich-Gelfand 1/2, Gelfand-Morozevich 0-1
Almasi-Topalov 0-1, Topalov-Almasi 1/2
Leko-Kramnik 0-1, Kramnik-Leko 1/2

Round 3, March 18 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Leko-Morozevich 1/2, Morozevich-Leko 1-0
Kramnik-Almasi 1/2, Almasi-Kramnik 1/2
Topalov-Gelfand 1/2, Gelfand-Topalov 1-0
Bareev-Ivanchuk 0-1, Ivanchuk-Bareev 0-1
Piket-Van Wely 1-0, Van Wely-Piket 1/2
Ljubojevic-Shirov 0-1, Shirov-Ljubojevic 1-0

Round 2, March 17 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Ljubojevic-Piket 1-0, Piket-Ljubojevic 1-0
Van Wely-Bareev 0-1, Bareev-Van Wely 1/2
Shirov-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Shirov 1/2
Gelfand-Kramnik 1/2, Kramnik-Gelfand 1/2
Morozevich-Topalov 1/2, Topalov-Morozevich 0-1
Almasi-Leko 1/2, Leko-Almasi 1-0

Round 1, March 16 (Rapid and Blindfold)
Almasi-Morozevich 1/2, Morozevich-Almasi 1-0
Ivanchuk-Van Wely 1-0, Van Wely-Ivanchuk 1/2
Leko-Gelfand 0-1, Gelfand-Leko 1/2
Bareev-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-Bareev 0-1
Kramnik-Topalov 1/2, Topalov-Kramnik 1-0
Piket-Shirov 1/2, Shirov-Piket 1-0

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