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Anand draws with Levon Aronian
Hindu, India
March 2 2008
NEW DELHI: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Armenia's
Levon Aronian in a well-fought game spread over 27 moves and stayed
ahead after nine rounds of the Linares-Morelia chess tournament at
Linares, Spain, on Friday.
Anand's tally now stands at six points, half-a-point ahead of Norway's
Magnus Carslen, who benefited from a late blunder from Alexei Shirov.
In the day's other decisive game, Vassily Ivanchuk defeated last-man
Peter Leko.
In Queen's Indian, Aronian offered a pawn sacrifice to exert some
pressure in the opening. Once Anand returned on the pawn after a
questionable queen-move from Aronian, the players signed peace.
The results: Ninth round: Levon Aronian (Arm, 5) drew with Viswanathan
Anand (6); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 5.5) bt Alexei Shirov (Esp, 4); Peter
Leko (Hun, 3) lost to Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 4); Veselin Topalov
(Bul, 4.5) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 4). 10th round pairings:
Anand-Carlsen; Radjabov-Aronian; Ivanchuk-Topalov; Shirov-Leko.
Hindu, India
March 2 2008
NEW DELHI: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Armenia's
Levon Aronian in a well-fought game spread over 27 moves and stayed
ahead after nine rounds of the Linares-Morelia chess tournament at
Linares, Spain, on Friday.
Anand's tally now stands at six points, half-a-point ahead of Norway's
Magnus Carslen, who benefited from a late blunder from Alexei Shirov.
In the day's other decisive game, Vassily Ivanchuk defeated last-man
Peter Leko.
In Queen's Indian, Aronian offered a pawn sacrifice to exert some
pressure in the opening. Once Anand returned on the pawn after a
questionable queen-move from Aronian, the players signed peace.
The results: Ninth round: Levon Aronian (Arm, 5) drew with Viswanathan
Anand (6); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 5.5) bt Alexei Shirov (Esp, 4); Peter
Leko (Hun, 3) lost to Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 4); Veselin Topalov
(Bul, 4.5) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 4). 10th round pairings:
Anand-Carlsen; Radjabov-Aronian; Ivanchuk-Topalov; Shirov-Leko.