Armenian Chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian Suffers Another Defeat

[Emil Lazarian]

ARMENIAN CHESS GRANDMASTER LEVON ARONIAN SUFFERS ANOTHER DEFEAT

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12:04 ~U 19.03.10

Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian suffered another defeat recently,
this time against Russian player Peter Svidler (0-2) in Round 5
yesterday of the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament held
in France.

To rub salt into the wound, Aronian's profile on Amber's official
website introduces the Armenian Grandmaster with the following
statement:

"As the glorious winner of the past two Amber tournaments, Levon
Aronian is obviously the man to beat in this year's 19th edition."

Here are the standings after Round 5

Blindfold 1. Carlsen 4 2. Gelfand 3½ Grischuk 3½ Ivanchuk 3½
5. Gashimov 2½ Karjakin 2½ Kramnik 2½ Ponomariov 2½ Svidler 2½
10. Aronian 1½ 11. Smeets 1 12. Dominguez ½

Rapid 1. Ivanchuk 4 2. Gelfand 3½ Kramnik 3½ 4. Carlsen 3 Svidler
3 6. Gashimov 2½ 7. Aronian 2 Grischuk 2 Karjakin 2 Ponomariov 2
11. Dominguez 1½ 12. Smeets 1

Combined 1. Ivanchuk 7½ 2. Carlsen 7 Gelfand 7 4. Kramnik 6 5. Grischuk
5½ Svidler 5½ 7. Gashimov 5 8. Karjakin 4½ Ponomariov 4½ 10. Aronian
3½ 11. Dominguez 2 Smeets 2

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress