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Alexander Morozevich became the winner of the 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament held in Monaco March 18-30 2006. The players were: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2801 (born 1975), Viswanathan Anand g IND 2792 (1969), Peter Svidler g RUS 2765 (1976), Levon Aronian g ARM 2752 (1982), Peter Leko g HUN 2740 (1979), Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2729 (1969), Boris Gelfand g ISR 2723 (1968), Alexander Morozevich g RUS 2721 (1977), Alexander Grischuk g RUS 2717 (1983), Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2650 (1982), Loek Van Wely g NED 2647 (1972), Peter Heine Nielsen g DEN 2644 (1973). Vladimir Kramnik withdrew from the event because of health problems. The prizefund is Euro 216.000

Final combined standings:
1 Morozevich 14.5
2 Anand 14.5
3 Vallejo 12.0
4 Grischuk 11.5
5 Topalov 11.0
6 Leko 11.0
7 Aronian 10.5
8 Gelfand 10.5
9 Van Wely 10.0
10 Svidler 9.5
11 Ivanchuk 9.0
12 Nielsen 8.0
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Round 1 Van Wely - Aronian 1-0 Leko - Nielsen 1-0 Ivanchuk - Topalov 0-1 Vallejo - Svidler 1-0 Anand - Morozevich 0-1 Gelfand - Grischuk 1/2		Round 2 Grischuk - Vallejo 1/2 Morozevich - Gelfand 1/2 Svidler - Anand 1/2 Aronian - Topalov 1-0 Nielsen - Ivanchuk 1/2 van Wely - Leko 1/2		Round 3 Leko - Aronian 1/2 Ivanchuk - van Wely 1-0 Topalov - Nielsen 1-0 Anand - Vallejo 1/2 Gelfand - Svidler 1/2 Morozevich - Grischuk 1/2		Round 4 Vallejo - Morozevich 0-1 Svidler - Grischuk 1-0 Anand - Gelfand 1-0 Aronian - Nielsen 1/2 van Wely - Topalov 0-1 Leko - Ivanchuk 1/2
Round 5 (23 March) Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 Topalov - Leko 0-1 Nielsen - van Wely 1-0 Gelfand - Vallejo 1/2 Grischuk - Anand 1-0 Morozevich - Svidler 1-0		Round 6 Svidler - van Wely 1/2 Anand - Leko 1-0 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1-0 Grischuk - Topalov 1/2 Morozevich - Nielsen 1/2 Vallejo - Aronian 1/2		Round 7 Nielsen - Grischuk 1/2 Aronian - Morozevich 0-1 Topalov - Vallejo 0-1 Leko - Svidler 1-0 Ivanchuk - Anand 0-1 van Wely - Gelfand 1-0		Round 8 Anand - van Wely 1/2 Gelfand - Leko 1/2 Svidler - Ivanchuk 1-0 Morozevich - Topalov 1-0 Vallejo - Nielsen 1-0 Grischuk - Aronian 1-0
Round 9 (28 March) Topalov - Svidler 0-1 Nielsen - Anand 1/2 Aronian - Gelfand 1-0 van Wely - Grischuk 1-0 Leko - Morozevich 0-1 Ivanchuk - Vallejo 1/2		Round 10 Grischuk - Leko 1-0 Morozevich - Ivanchuk 1-0 Vallejo - van Wely 1-0 Svidler - Nielsen 1-0 Anand - Aronian 1-0 Gelfand - Topalov 1/2		Round 11 Aronian - Svidler 1-0 Topalov - Anand 1/2 Nielsen - Gelfand 1/2 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 van Wely - Morozevich 0-1 Leko - Vallejo 1-0

Final standings:
1 Morozevich - 9.0
2-3 Anand, Vallejo - 6.5
4-5 Grischuk, Leko - 6.0
6-7 Gelfand, Svidler - 5.5
8-9 Topalov, van Wely - 4.5
10-11 Aronian, Nielsen - 4.0
12 Ivanchuk - 3.5
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Round 1 Aronian - van Wely 1-0 Nielsen - Leko 1/2 Topalov - Ivanchuk 1-0 Svidler - Vallejo 1/2 Morozevich - Anand 1/2 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2		Round 2 Vallejo - Grischuk 1/2 Gelfand - Morozevich 1/2 Anand - Svidler 1-0 Topalov - Aronian 1/2 Ivanchuk - Nielsen 1/2 Leko - van Wely 1/2		Round 3 Aronian - Leko 1-0 van Wely - Ivanchuk 1/2 Nielsen - Topalov 1-0 Vallejo - Anand 0-1 Svidler - Gelfand 0-1 Grischuk - Morozevich 0-1		Round 4 Morozevich - Vallejo 0-1 Grischuk - Svidler 1-0 Gelfand - Anand 1/2 Nielsen - Aronian 1-0 Topalov - van Wely 0-1 Ivanchuk - Leko 0-1
Round 5 (23 March) Aronian - Ivanchuk 0-1 Leko - Topalov 1/2 van Wely - Nielsen 1-0 Vallejo - Gelfand 1-0 Anand - Grischuk 1/2 Svidler - Morozevich 1-0		Round 6 van Wely - Svidler 0-1 Leko - Anand 0-1 Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1/2 Topalov - Grischuk 1-0 Nielsen - Morozevich 0-1 Aronian - Vallejo 1/2		Round 7 Grischuk - Nielsen 1-0 Morozevich - Aronian 1-0 Vallejo - Topalov 1/2 Svidler - Leko 1/2 Anand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Gelfand - van Wely 0-1		Round 8 van Wely - Anand 0-1 Leko - Gelfand 0-1 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 Topalov - Morozevich 1/2 Nielsen - Vallejo 1/2 Aronian - Grischuk 1-0
Round 9 (28 March) Svidler - Topalov 0-1 Anand - Nielsen 1-0 Gelfand - Aronian 0-1 Grischuk - van Wely 1-0 Morozevich - Leko 0-1 Vallejo - Ivanchuk 1/2		Round 10 Leko - Grischuk 1/2 Ivanchuk - Morozevich 1-0 van Wely - Vallejo 1-0 Nielsen - Svidler 1/2 Aronian - Anand 1/2 Topalov - Gelfand 1-0		Round 11 Svidler - Aronian 0-1 Anand - Topalov 1/2 Gelfand - Nielsen 0-1 Grischuk - Ivanchuk 1/2 Morozevich - van Wely 1/2 Vallejo - Leko 1/2

Final standings:
1 Anand - 8.0
2-3 Aronian, Topalov - 6.5
4-7 Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Vallejo, van Wely - 5.5
8-10 Gelfand, Leko, Morozevich - 5.0
11-12 Nielsen, Svidler - 4.0
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