MONTE CARLO, MARCH 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The 8th stage meetings took place on March 25 in the international speed and blind chess tournament called "Amber." Levon Aronian lost in the blind chess and played a drawn game in the speed chess with Loek Van Wely (Holland). L. Aronian and Pyotr Svidler got 9.5 points from the 16 possible ones and share the 4-5th places. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) with 12 points, Viswanathan Anand (India) with 10.5 points and Vasili Ivanchuk (Ukraine) with 10 points are among the first three. Day-off is stated at the tournament on March 26, and L. Aronian's rival is Viswanathan Anand at the 9th stage to take place on March 27.

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