YEREVAN, MARCH 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The Amber 17th International Chess Tournament will start on March 14 in the city of Nice, France. The participants will first play speed, then blind chess. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Shahriyar Mamediarov (Azerbaijan), Peter Leko (Hungary), Vasily Ivanchuk (the Ukraine), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Sergei Karyakin (the Ukraine), and Luk van Veli (Holland) will perform during the tournament.

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