Carlsen back on top with one round to go
In Round 10 of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Magnus Carlsen reclaimed first place in the overall standings with a 2-0 win over Ruslan Ponomariov. With one round and two games to go, the Norwegian grandmaster is half a point ahead of Vasily Ivanchuk and one and a half points ahead of Vladimir Kramnik. Ivanchuk and Kramnik drew their mini-match today after two hard-fought games. Tomorrow in the last round Carlsen (13½) plays Grischuk (11½). Ivanchuk (13) is paired against Gelfand (11), while Kramnik (12) faces Karjakin (11). Round 11 starts two hours earlier than normal at 12.30 hrs.
Here is the full report: http://amberchess2010.com/RoundReport10.html
| Wednesday 24 March Round X | |||
| 14.30 | Blind | Aronian-Grischuk | 1-0 |
| Smeets-Dominguez | ½-½ | ||
| Carlsen-Ponomariov | 1-0 | ||
| 16.00 | Blind | Ivanchuk-Kramnik | ½-½ |
| Svidler-Gelfand | ½-½ | ||
| Karjakin-Gashimov | ½-½ | ||
| 17.45 | Rapid | Grischuk-Aronian | ½-½ |
| Dominguez-Smeets | 0-1 | ||
| Ponomariov-Carlsen | 0-1 | ||
| 19.15 | Rapid | Kramnik-Ivanchuk | ½-½ |
| Gelfand-Svidler | 0-1 | ||
| Gashimov-Karjakin | ½-½ | ||
