LEVON ARONIAN WINS LINARES CHESS TOURNAMENT
Armenpress
Mar 13 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian grandmaster Levon
Aronian won the elite tournament in Linares, Spain, on Saturday,
after Hungary’s Peter Leko faltered and lost the last two games.
The final standings in Linares: Aronian 8 1/2 points in 14 games,
Veselin Topalov and Teimur Radjabov 8 points, Leko 7 1/2 points, Peter
Svidler and Vassily Ivanchuk 6 1/2 points, Etienne Bacrot 6 points,
Francisco Vallejo Pons 5 points. Aronian will now travel to Monaco
to participate in a big new event, the 5th Amber Rapid and Blindfold
Chess Tournament at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel from March 18-30.