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Standings after round 6 (Combined), Anand is in good days, playing with
incredible precision regardless the velocity of game play:
1.  Anand, Viswanathan  10.0  
2.  Ivanchuk, Vassily  7.0  
 Leko, Peter   
 Morozevich, Alexander   
 Svidler, Peter   
6.  Kramnik, Vladimir  6.5  

7.  Gelfand, Boris  6.0  
8.  Shirov, Alexei  5.5  
9.  Vallejo, Francisco  5.0  
10.  Topalov, Veselin  4.0  
11.  Bareev, Evgeny  3.5  
 Van Wely, Loek

Anand loses his invict in the Tournament. Bareev beated Anand in 'Rapid'
in round 7, a few hours ago. Topalov is out of form, judging by the
results to the present. 
Rapid variant is very exigent: 25 minutes of total time per player, plus
10 seconds in each move. Normally, the 25 minutes are consumed soon
because the players make, in the middle of the game and as natural
strategy, very complex unorthodox moves trying to augment the thinking
time of the adversary. Usually, the ends are played with less than 10
seconds per move!. Blindfold is played with a computer as interface, and
the players are allowed to make analysis using the computer (without the
help of strong A.I. programs, of course, only moving pieces in the virtual
board if the player wants, but it is not normally used, because the player
loses time). I`m not completely sure, but I think the total time is 30 or
35 minutes plus 20 seconds per move.

The blindfold games are played using computers, an empty chessboard
displayed on each player's screen. After a player moves using mouse or
keyboard, the move appears on both screens instantaneously during
fractions of seconds. Then the opponent's clock starts and the move
disappears from the screens. Moves are transmitted to monitors hidden from
the players where the arbiter and spectators can follow the game. Total
time is 25 minutes, plus 20 seconds added in each move per player. And
about the use of the virtual board for analysis, it is not estrictly
forbidden, but it seems inutile, it is a blind analysis with only an empty
board in front of the player.

Standings after round 8 (Combined):
1.  Anand, Viswanathan  12.0  
2.  Ivanchuk, Vassily  9.5  
3.  Morozevich, Alexander  9.0  
4.  Kramnik, Vladimir  8.5  

 Leko, Peter   
 Svidler, Peter   
7.  Shirov, Alexei  8.0  
8.  Gelfand, Boris  7.5  
9.  Vallejo, Francisco  7.0  
10.  Topalov, Veselin  6.5  
11.  Bareev, Evgeny  5.5  
 Van Wely, Loek

10th round is being played now, and half of the games in this round are
still waiting for results, but with the results to the present, Anand is,
mathematically, the winner in the three categories: Rapid, Blindfold and
Combined. Kramnik and Topalov´s performance has been surprisingly
discrete, much below the power of both players.

Amber has finished a few minutes ago. Anand won the three categories. This
is the final score in 'Combined':
1.  Anand, Viswanathan  15.5  
2.  Morozevich, Alexander  13.0  
3.  Ivanchuk, Vassily  12.0  
 Leko, Peter   
5.  Kramnik, Vladimir  11.5  
6.  Shirov, Alexei  11.0  
 Svidler, Peter   
 Topalov, Veselin   
9.  Gelfand, Boris  10.0  
10.  Vallejo, Francisco  9.5  
11.  Bareev, Evgeny  8.0  
12.  Van Wely, Loek  7.5