Amber 2003

Chess Siberia

Rounds 1-11 Results

Round 11, March 27 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Ivanchuk-Bareev 1/2 (Black had a small edge), Bareev-Ivanchuk 1/2 (Queen's Gambit Accepted. A quick draw)
Morozevich-Almasi 1/2, Almasi-Morozevich 0-1 (Alexander grabbed two pawns)
Anand-Topalov 1-0 (Sicilian. Veselin made a mistake 11...Bd7), Topalov-Anand 1/2
van Wely-Shirov 1/2 (Queen's Gambit Accepted. Loek won the exchange), Shirov-van Wely 1-0 (Alexei attacked on the kingside. Better was 32...Bf4)
Ljubojevic-Kramnik 1/2 (A quick draw), Kramnik-Ljubojevic 1-0
Gelfand-Leko 1/2 (Black had a clear edge in the endgame), Leko-Gelfand 1/2.

Round 10, March 26 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Shirov-Gelfand 1-0 (White attacked), Gelfand-Shirov 1/2 (A sharp fight)
Kramnik-van Wely 1-0, van Wely-Kramnik 1/2
Leko-Ljubojevic 0-1 (Peter had an extra piece), Ljubojevic-Leko 0-1
Bareev-Anand 1/2, Anand-Bareev 1/2
Almasi-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Almasi 1/2
Topalov-Morozevich 0-1, Morozevich-Topalov 0-1.

Round 9, March 25 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Morozevich-Bareev 1-0 (Evgeny made a mistake 31...Kb3. Better is 31...Na7 with a clear edge to Black), Bareev-Morozevich 1-0
Anand-Almasi 1-0, Almasi-Anand 1/2 (A quick draw by repetition)
Ivanchuk-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin grabbed a pawn), Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0 (White attacked with 20.Nxf7)
Ljubojevic-Shirov 0-1, Shirov-Ljubojevic 1-0
Gelfand-Kramnik 0-1 (Vladimir converted an extra pawn in a victory), Kramnik-Gelfand 1/2
van Wely-Leko 0-1 (Loek had an advantage in the Queen's Indian), Leko-van Wely 1-0.

Round 8, March 23 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Almasi-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-Almasi 1/2
Topalov-Gelfand 1/2, Gelfand-Topalov 1/2
Bareev-van Wely 0-1 (Loek grabbed a piece), van Wely-Bareev 0-1
Kramnik-Morozevich 0-1 (Vladimir blundered his knight), Morozevich-Kramnik 1-0 (Alexander won two pawns in the endgame)
Leko-Anand 1/2, Anand-Leko 1/2
Shirov-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Shirov 0-1.

Round 7, March 22 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Anand-Shirov 1/2, Shirov-Anand 0-1
Ivanchuk-Kramnik 1/2 (Vladimir grabbed a pawn), Kramnik-Ivanchuk 1/2
Morozevich-Leko 1-0 (Alexander grabbed a pawn), Leko-Morozevich 1/2
Gelfand-Bareev 1-0 (Boris grabbed a pawn), Bareev-Gelfand 1/2
van Wely-Almasi 1/2, Almasi-van Wely 1/2
Ljubojevic-Topalov 0-1, Topalov-Ljubojevic 1-0 (Checkmate).

Round 6, March 21 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Bareev-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-Bareev 0-1 (Slav)
Almasi-Gelfand 0-1, Gelfand-Almasi 1-0
Topalov-van Wely 1-0, van Wely-Topalov 1/2 (Perpetual check)
Shirov-Morozevich 1-0, Morozevich-Shirov 0-1 (Black seized the only open file. 114 moves)
Kramnik-Anand 1/2, Anand-Kramnik 1/2 (Black had two extra pawns)
Leko-Ivanchuk 1/2, Ivanchuk-Leko 0-1 (Black had an edge).

Round 5, March 20 (Blindfold and Rapid)
van Wely-Ivanchuk 1-0 (Queen's Gambit Accepted), Ivanchuk-van Wely 1-0 (Sicilian)
Morozevich-Gelfand 1/2, Gelfand-Morozevich 0-1
Anand-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-Anand 0-1
Topalov-Leko 1/2 (Sicilian), Leko-Topalov 1/2 (Sicilian)
Shirov-Almasi 0-1 (Alexei blundered his rook), Almasi-Shirov 1-0 (Better was 14...Qf6)
Kramnik-Bareev 1-0 (Vladimir grabbed the exchange), Bareev-Kramnik 1/2.

Round 4, March 18 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Leko-Kramnik 1/2 (Sicilian B33), Kramnik-Leko 1/2 (Queen's Indian)
Bareev-Shirov 0-1 (English), Shirov-Bareev 1/2 (French. Perpetual check)
Almasi-Topalov 1-0 (Sicilian. Zoltan obtained a powerful attack on the kingside), Topalov-Almasi 1-0 (Spanish. Veselin had a small but lasting edge)
Ivanchuk-Anand 1/2, Anand-Ivanchuk 1-0 (Spanish. Better is 31...Ng3++)
Ljubojevic-Morozevich 0-1 (Chigorin Defence), Morozevich-Ljubojevic 1-0
Gelfand-van Wely 1-0, van Wely-Gelfand 1/2 (Slav. Titanic battle in 106 moves).

Round 3, March 17 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Gelfand-Ivanchuk 1-0, Ivanchuk-Gelfand 1-0
van Wely-Ljubojevic 1-0, Ljubojevic-van Wely 1/2 (White grabbed a pawn)
Morozevich-Anand 1-0 (Caro-Kann. Two passed pawns), Anand-Morozevich 1-0 (Russian. Double-edged game)
Almasi-Leko 1/2, Leko-Almasi 1/2
Topalov-Bareev 1-0 (French. White won the exchange), Bareev-Topalov 1-0 (Slav. White won a pawn)
Kramnik-Shirov 1-0 (Alexei blundered his queen), Shirov-Kramnik 1/2 (Black had an edge).
White wins...

Round 2, March 16 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Shirov-Leko 0-1 (Sicilian. Peter had a good knight), Leko-Shirov 1-0 (Peter grabbed a pawn)
Kramnik-Topalov 1-0 (Sicilian. White king went to c6), Topalov-Kramnik 1/2 (Vladimir had an edge. Perpetual check)
Bareev-Almasi 1-0 (Evgeny obtained two bishops advantage), Almasi-Bareev 0-1 (French)
Ivanchuk-Morozevich 1-0 (Russian), Morozevich-Ivanchuk 1-0 (Sicilian)
Anand-van Wely 1-0, van Wely-Anand 1/2
Ljubojevic-Gelfand 1/2, Gelfand-Ljubojevic 1-0.

Round 1, March 15 (Blindfold and Rapid)
Ljubojevic-Ivanchuk 0-1 (Queen's Gambit Accepted), Ivanchuk-Ljubojevic 1/2
Gelfand-Anand 1/2 (Boris had an extra piece), Anand-Gelfand 1/2
van Wely-Morozevich 1-0, Morozevich-van Wely 1-0
Leko-Bareev 1-0 (Peter mated), Bareev-Leko 1/2
Almasi-Kramnik 0-1 (Sicilian), Kramnik-Almasi 0-1 (Spanish)
Topalov-Shirov 1-0 (3 pawns vs knight), Shirov-Topalov 1/2.

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