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Beijing: Armenia's Aronian leads competition
December 14, 2013
Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian played a draw with GM Ruslan Ponomariov
(Ukraine) in the first round of the blitz chess tournament being held
within the framework of the World Mind Games in Chinese capital city
Beijing. In Rounds 2, 3 and 4, Aronian - who plays first board for the
three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the previous World Team
Chess champions, Armenia, and who is ranked second in the FIDE
ratings - defeated GM Wang Yue (China), GM Wang Hao (China) and GM
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), respectively.
After Round 4, the Armenian GM tops the standings all by himself. In
the fifth round, Levon Aronian will face GM Péter Lékó (Hungary).
In Beijing, the Armenian GM is competing in the rapid, blitz, and
Basque system chess tournaments. Levon Aronian's opponents are GMs
Karjakin, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Dominguez, Ponomariov, Radjabov, Lę
Quang Lięm, Wang Hao, Wang Yue, Nepomniachtchi, Vachier-Lagrave,
Kamsky, Lékó, Ivanchuk, and Giri.
NEWS.am Sport
December 14, 2013
Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian played a draw with GM Ruslan Ponomariov
(Ukraine) in the first round of the blitz chess tournament being held
within the framework of the World Mind Games in Chinese capital city
Beijing. In Rounds 2, 3 and 4, Aronian - who plays first board for the
three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the previous World Team
Chess champions, Armenia, and who is ranked second in the FIDE
ratings - defeated GM Wang Yue (China), GM Wang Hao (China) and GM
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), respectively.
After Round 4, the Armenian GM tops the standings all by himself. In
the fifth round, Levon Aronian will face GM Péter Lékó (Hungary).
In Beijing, the Armenian GM is competing in the rapid, blitz, and
Basque system chess tournaments. Levon Aronian's opponents are GMs
Karjakin, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Dominguez, Ponomariov, Radjabov, Lę
Quang Lięm, Wang Hao, Wang Yue, Nepomniachtchi, Vachier-Lagrave,
Kamsky, Lékó, Ivanchuk, and Giri.
NEWS.am Sport