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ZURICH: ARONIAN DEFEATS ANAND
February 4, 2014
The rapid chess tournament at 2014 Zurich Chess Challenge kicked off
Tuesday in the Swiss city.
In Round 1, Armenian Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian--who plays first
board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the
previous World Team Chess champions, Armenia, and is second in the
World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings--defeated former World Chess
Champion, GM Viswanathan Anand (India).
In the second round, Aronian will play against FIDE No. 1 and reining
World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway).
To note, the Armenian GM took second place behind Carlsen in the
blitz and the classic chess tournaments at the event.
NEWS.am Sport
From: A. Papazian
February 4, 2014
The rapid chess tournament at 2014 Zurich Chess Challenge kicked off
Tuesday in the Swiss city.
In Round 1, Armenian Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian--who plays first
board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the
previous World Team Chess champions, Armenia, and is second in the
World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings--defeated former World Chess
Champion, GM Viswanathan Anand (India).
In the second round, Aronian will play against FIDE No. 1 and reining
World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway).
To note, the Armenian GM took second place behind Carlsen in the
blitz and the classic chess tournaments at the event.
NEWS.am Sport
From: A. Papazian