Amber 99: Anand wins Rapid category. Fourth overall.

Mar27 Round 11: vs. Ivanchuck

• Rapid: Draw
• Animation of Rapid game from official site
• Blindfold: Lost to Ivanchuck
• Animation of Blindfold game.

Mar27 Round 10: vs. Karpov

• Rapid: Draw
• Animation of Rapid game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of Blindfold game.

Mar26 Round 9: vs. Piket

• Rapid: Draw
• Animation of Rapid game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of Blindfold game.

Mar24 Round 8: vs. Nikholic

• Rapid: Anand Won.
• Animation of game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of game.

Mar23 Round 7: vs. Lautier

• Rapid: Draw.
• Animation of game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of game from official site

Mar22 Round 6: vs. Gelfand

• Rapid: Anand won.
• Animation of game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of game from official site

Mar21 Round 5: vs. Van Wely

• Rapid: Anand won.
• Animation of game from official site
• Blindfold: Draw 1/2 - 1/2
• Animation of game from official site
• Overall standings (after five rounds): Kraminik 7.0; Lautier 6.5; Topalov 6.0; Nikolic, Shirov, Ivanchuk, Karpov 5.5 each; Anand 5.0; Gelfand 4; Ljubojevic 3.5, Piket, Van Wely 3.0

Mar19 Round 4: vs. Topalov

• Anand defeated Topalov in the Rapid game, but lost to Topalov in a long blindfold game. So Anand and Topalov split the point.
• Animation of Rapid game from the official site
• Animation of the blindfold game from the official site

Mar18 Round 3: vs. Kramnik

• Anand and Kramnik drew in the Rapid game. The blindfold game was won by Kramnik. Anand 0.5 - Kramnik 1.5.
• Animation of Rapid game from the official site
• Animation of the blindfold game from the official site
• Read our detailed analysis of Round 3, as it appeared in ReDiff!

Mar17 Round 2: vs. Shirov

• Anand beats Shirov in the Rapid game. The blindfold game was drawn. So it's Anand 1.5 - Shirov 0.5.
• Animation of Rapid game from the official site
• Animation of the blindfold game from the official site

Mar16 Round 1: vs. Ljubojevic

• In a surprise upset, Anand lost the rapid game to Yugoslavia's Ljubojevic. In the blindfold game, they drew. That makes the encounter 0.5-1.5 for Anand. Karpov and Nikolic are leading with 2/2.
• Animation of Rapid game from the official site
• Animation of the blindfold game from the official site

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