Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament , 16-28 March, Monaco
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/Images/Players/Small/Morozevich1.gif" align="left" alt="Alexander Morozevich" border=0> Alexander Morozevich is the winner of Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament , which took place 16th-28th March 2002 in Monaco.
The participants: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Alexei Shirov (Spain), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Jeroen Piket (The Netherlands), Zoltan Almasi (Hungary), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Yugoslavia) and Loek van Wely (The Netherlands).

Final standings
Rapid:
1.Gelfand 7.5
2.Ivanchuk 7
3.Topalov 7
4.Bareev 6.5
5.Leko 6.5
6.Shirov 6.5
7.Morozevich 6
8.Kramnik 5.5
9.Piket 4.5
10.Almasi 4
11.Ljubojevic 3
12.Van Wely 2
      Blindfold:
1.Morozevich 9
2.Shirov 8
3.Leko 7
4.Ivanchuk 6
5.Bareev 5.5
6.Kramnik 5.5
7.Almasi 5
8.Topalov 5
9.Gelfand 4.5
10.Piket 4.5
11.Van Wely 4
12.Ljubojevic 2
      Combined Standings:
1.Morozevich 15
2.Shirov 14.5
3.Leko 13.5
4.Ivanchuk 13
5.Bareev 12
6.Gelfand 12
7.Topalov 12
8.Kramnik 11
9.Almasi 9
10.Piket 9
11.Van Wely 6
12.Ljubojevic 5
/News/2002/Amber/results1.html"> Results
/Java/2002/Amberr/viewer.html"> View rapid games
/Java/2002/Amberr/amberr.zip"> Rapid games in PGN
/Java/2002/Amberb/viewer.html"> View blindfold games
/Java/2002/Amberb/amberb.zip"> Blindfold games in PGN
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