Amber Rapid 2000 Chess Games — Complete Event Archive

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Round Order	Players	Result	Moves	Opening	Round
2000.03.16	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	26	Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation	ROUND 1
2000.03.16	Van Wely, Loek vs Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	56	English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense	ROUND 1
2000.03.16	Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin	1/2-1/2	23	Bogo-Indian Defense	ROUND 1
2000.03.16	Lautier, Joel vs Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	32	Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation	ROUND 1
2000.03.16	Piket, Jeroen vs Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	41	Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights Defense	ROUND 1
2000.03.16	Gelfand, Boris vs Nikolic, Predrag	1-0	34	Queen's Indian Defense, with e3	ROUND 1
2000.03.17	Shirov, Alexei vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	1-0	23	Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation	ROUND 2
2000.03.17	Topalov, Veselin vs Piket, Jeroen	1/2-1/2	62	Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation	ROUND 2
2000.03.17	Nikolic, Predrag vs Ivanchuk, Vassily	1/2-1/2	33	Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation	ROUND 2
2000.03.17	Karpov, Anatoly vs Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	40	Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense	ROUND 2
2000.03.17	Kramnik, Vladimir vs Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	60	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation	ROUND 2
2000.03.17	Van Wely, Loek vs Lautier, Joel	1/2-1/2	24	Semi-Slav Defense	ROUND 2
2000.03.18	Nikolic, Predrag vs Topalov, Veselin	0-1	44	Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.18	Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	52	Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.18	Gelfand, Boris vs Piket, Jeroen	1/2-1/2	30	Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.18	Lautier, Joel vs Karpov, Anatoly	0-1	34	Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.18	Anand, Viswanathan vs Shirov, Alexei	0-1	39	French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.18	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Van Wely, Loek	1/2-1/2	43	Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation	ROUND 3
2000.03.19	Lautier, Joel vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	1/2-1/2	29	Sicilian Defense: Closed	ROUND 4
2000.03.19	Karpov, Anatoly vs Shirov, Alexei	0-1	51	Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation	ROUND 4
2000.03.19	Van Wely, Loek vs Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	113	Queen's Indian Defense	ROUND 4
2000.03.19	Gelfand, Boris vs Ivanchuk, Vassily	1/2-1/2	54	Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line	ROUND 4
2000.03.19	Piket, Jeroen vs Nikolic, Predrag	0-1	59	English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense	ROUND 4
2000.03.19	Kramnik, Vladimir vs Topalov, Veselin	0-1	33	Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko	ROUND 4
2000.03.21	Topalov, Veselin vs Gelfand, Boris	1-0	28	Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3	ROUND 5
2000.03.21	Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Piket, Jeroen	1/2-1/2	16	Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation	ROUND 5
2000.03.21	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Karpov, Anatoly	0-1	57	English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation	ROUND 5
2000.03.21	Shirov, Alexei vs Van Wely, Loek	1-0	26	Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack, Perenyi Gambit	ROUND 5
2000.03.21	Nikolic, Predrag vs Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	29	Semi-Slav Defense	ROUND 5
2000.03.21	Anand, Viswanathan vs Lautier, Joel	1-0	34	Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, English Attack, with f3	ROUND 5
2000.03.22	Piket, Jeroen vs Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	35	Queen's Indian Defense	ROUND 6
2000.03.22	Topalov, Veselin vs Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	32	French Defense: Paulsen Variation	ROUND 6
2000.03.22	Gelfand, Boris vs Lautier, Joel	1/2-1/2	111	Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation	ROUND 6
2000.03.22	Nikolic, Predrag vs Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	21	Slav Defense	ROUND 6
2000.03.22	Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	1-0	36	French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense	ROUND 6
2000.03.22	Kramnik, Vladimir vs Van Wely, Loek	0-1	46	Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation	ROUND 6
2000.03.23	Shirov, Alexei vs Topalov, Veselin	1-0	75	Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack	ROUND 7
2000.03.23	Anand, Viswanathan vs Piket, Jeroen	1-0	46	Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid	ROUND 7
2000.03.23	Karpov, Anatoly vs Nikolic, Predrag	1/2-1/2	111	Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense	ROUND 7
2000.03.23	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Gelfand, Boris	0-1	39	Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System	ROUND 7
2000.03.23	Lautier, Joel vs Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	28	English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Hedgehog Defense	ROUND 7
2000.03.23	Van Wely, Loek vs Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	49	Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense	ROUND 7
2000.03.24	Piket, Jeroen vs Shirov, Alexei	1/2-1/2	44	Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System	ROUND 8
2000.03.24	Gelfand, Boris vs Van Wely, Loek	1/2-1/2	77	Slav Defense	ROUND 8
2000.03.24	Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	1-0	39	King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation	ROUND 8
2000.03.24	Topalov, Veselin vs Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	74	Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights Defense, Blockade Line	ROUND 8
2000.03.24	Nikolic, Predrag vs Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	35	Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense	ROUND 8
2000.03.24	Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Lautier, Joel	1-0	41	Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation	ROUND 8
2000.03.26	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Piket, Jeroen	0-1	34	Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line	ROUND 9
2000.03.26	Van Wely, Loek vs Topalov, Veselin	1-0	47	King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense	ROUND 9