Levon Aronian yields leadership at Amber 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 4th tour of Amber Chess Tournament 2009 the Armenian grand master Levon Aronian drew his game against the world champion Viswanathan Anand. Both rapid and blindfold games ended in draws. Levon Aronian ceded his leadership to Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, who beat the Chinese Wang Yue and left behind Aronian and the Russian grand master Morozevich. After 3 tours Aronian with 5 points to his score is ranked 2rd to 3rd with Alexander Morozevich.



In the 5th tour of Amber 2009 Levon Aronian will rival Norwegian grand master Magnus Carlsen.





Score after 4th tour



Blindfold



Magnus Carlsen (Norway)- Peter Leko (Hungary)- 0,5:0,5

Gata Kamsky (United States)- Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)- 0,5:0,5

Viswanathan Anand (India)- Levon Aronian (Armenia)- 0,5:0,5

Alexander Morozevich (Russia)- Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - 1:0

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - Wang Yue (China)- 1:0

Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) - 1:0



Rapid



Leko - Carlsen - 0,5:0,5

Ivanchuk - Kamsky - 0,5:0,5

Aronian - Anand - 0,5:0,5

Topalov - Morozevich - 1:0

Wang Yue - Kramnik - 0:1

Karjakin - Radjabov - 0:1



Standings after 4th tour: Kramnik - 5,5 points; Aronian, Morozevich - 5 points, Carlsen, Radjabov, Topalov - 4,5 points, Anand, Leko - 4 points, Kamsky - 3,5 points, Ivanchuk, Karjakin - 3 points, Wang Yue -1,5 points.