After Round 8 Levon Aronian continues to lead in the overall standings of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. In a direct encounter the Armenian grandmaster beat runner-up Vishy Anand 1,5-0,5. Magnus Carlsen moved into second place thanks to a 2-0 rout of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Peter Leko follows in third place, half a point ahead of Anand, Kramnik, Morozevich and Topalov.
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In the meantime here's a notable game in Round 7 by fast rising prodigy Magnus Carlsen (2733) of Norway in a upset victory against current world champion Viswanathan Anand (2799) of India. Enjoy!
Carlsen,M (2733) - Anand,V (2799) [A20]
Amber Rapid Nice FRA (7), 22.03.2008
1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.a3 Bc5 9.e3 d6 10.Nge2 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nd7 13.0-0 Nf6 14.Bc3 Bg4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.b4 Bb6 17.Bxe4 a5 18.bxa5 Rxa5
19.Bxh7+! Anand overlooked this petite combinations, which nets Carlsen a second pawn. With a little bit of wavering he took the full point. Kxh7 20.Qb1+ g6 21.Qxb6 Rfa8 22.Qd4 Qf3 23.Nc3 Re8 24.h3 Bf5 25.Qf6 Kg8 26.Rab1 Rxe3 27.Rxb7 Bc8 28.Qd8+ Kg7 29.Qxc8 Rxc3 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qd7+ Kf6 32.Qd8+ Kf5 33.Qxa5 Rxa3 34.Qb4 Ke5 35.Qd2 Rd3 36.Qg5+ Qf5 37.Re1+ Kxd5 38.Qxf5+ gxf5 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.h4 Kd4 41.h5 d5 42.h6 Ra7 43.Kf3 Rh7 44.Re6 Kc3 45.Rc6+ Kd3 46.Kf4 Rf7 47.Kg5 Ke2 48.Rd6 1-0. This is the first time that the 17 year old boy wonder had won against the Indian chess tiger. Indeed, there is always a first time.
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