Aronian wins Amber tournament; Anand and Kramnik joint second

Levon Aronian (Armenia) won the 18th Amber tournament. After 11 rounds of Blindfold and Rapid chess, he won with 14 points (combined). Anand and Kramnik were placed joint second with 13.5 points.

Click here to download all Rapid games (pgn format): http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/events/games/amberr09.pgn

Click here to download all Blindfold games (pgn format): http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/events/games/amberb09.pgn

Vishy Anand Interview

Anand gave this in-depth interview where he has talked about his childhood, early chess years, computers, his development and so many interesting topics.

Part 1: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5222

Part 2: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5234

Part 3: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5282

Part 4: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5336

Another detailed interview was done by Karan Thapar (before the Bonn World Championship):

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-viswanathan-anand-on-mind-games/64541-5-single.html