YEREVAN, MARCH 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The Amber International Chess Tournament continues in the city of Nice, France. The games of the 3rd tour were held on March 17. Levon Aronian competed with Boris Gelfand (Israel). A draw was registered in blind chess and Aronian lost the game in speed chess. Viswanathan Anand (India) is at the top of the tournament table with 4 points after 3 tours. Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vasily Ivanchuk (the Ukraine), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) follow the leader with 3.5 points and share the 2-5th places. The games of the 4th tour are fixed for March 18.

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