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Levon Aronian gets off to a bad start at Grand Slam Masters Final in Bilbao
07.09.2009 09:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grand master Levon Aronian gets off to a
bad start in the first round of the Grand Slam Masters Final in
Bilbao. Alexander Grischuk defeated Levon Aronian with white pieces.
Alexei Shirov played the Dragon against Sergey Karyakin and drew
easily.
The 2nd Grand Slam Masters Final takes place September 6-12 in Bilbao,
Spain. It's a 4-player, double round-robin with Levon Aronian,
Alexander Grischuk, Sergei Karjakin and Alexei Shirov. The prize fund
is Euro 110,000.
The rate of play is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and then 60
minutes to finish the game, with 10 extra seconds per move from move
number 41.
In 2nd tour, Aronian will play with white pieces against Karyankin,
and Grischuk will rival Shirov.
Standings after 1st tour: Grischuk -3, Shirov, Karyakin -1, Aronian
-0.
07.09.2009 09:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grand master Levon Aronian gets off to a
bad start in the first round of the Grand Slam Masters Final in
Bilbao. Alexander Grischuk defeated Levon Aronian with white pieces.
Alexei Shirov played the Dragon against Sergey Karyakin and drew
easily.
The 2nd Grand Slam Masters Final takes place September 6-12 in Bilbao,
Spain. It's a 4-player, double round-robin with Levon Aronian,
Alexander Grischuk, Sergei Karjakin and Alexei Shirov. The prize fund
is Euro 110,000.
The rate of play is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and then 60
minutes to finish the game, with 10 extra seconds per move from move
number 41.
In 2nd tour, Aronian will play with white pieces against Karyankin,
and Grischuk will rival Shirov.
Standings after 1st tour: Grischuk -3, Shirov, Karyakin -1, Aronian
-0.