Melody Amber
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The Melody Amber chess tournament, which uniquely combines blind chess and speed chess is an annual invitation-only event for some of the world's best players. It has been held in Monte Carlo from 1992 onwards and is sponsored by the Dutch billionaire and world champion of postal chess, Joop van Oosterom. Named after his daughter, the tournament is usually held in March.
The players with the most titles (as of 2006) are Viswanathan Anand (5) and Vladimir Kramnik (5).
[edit] Former tournament winners (combined blindfold and rapid scores)
- 1992 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1993 Ljubomir Ljubojevic
- 1994 Viswanathan Anand
- 1995 Anatoly Karpov
- 1996 Vladimir Kramnik
- 1997 Viswanathan Anand
- 1998 Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik
- 1999 Vladimir Kramnik
- 2000 Alexei Shirov
- 2001 Vladimir Kramnik
- 2002 Alexander Morozevich
- 2003 Viswanathan Anand
- 2004 Alexander Morozevich and Vladimir Kramnik
- 2005 Viswanathan Anand
- 2006 Viswanathan Anand and Alexander Morozevich
[edit] Melody Amber 2006
The competitors in 2006 were the following players (world ranking at the time in brackets).
- Veselin Topalov (2)
- Viswanathan Anand (3) Speed chess winner, and joint overall winner.
- Peter Svidler (4)
- Levon Aronian (5)
- Peter Leko (7)
- Vassily Ivanchuk (8)
- Boris Gelfand (9)
- Alexander Morozevich (11) Blind chess winner, and joint overall winner.
- Alexander Grischuk (12)
- Francisco Vallejo Pons (54)
- Loek van Wely (59)
- Peter Heine Nielsen (66)
