LEVON ARONIAN EARNS ONE POINT AFTER 2ND ROUND OF CORUS CHESS TOURNAMENT

Noyan Tapan

Jan 19, 2009

WJIK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The 71st Corus Chess Tournament
with the participation of 14 GMs is being held in Wjik aan Zee
(Netherlands). Two rounds have been held. Levon Aronian drew with Yue
Wang (China) and Teymour Rajabov (Azerbaijan) and shares 4th-11th
places with 1 point. Among leaders are Jan Smeets (Netherlands),
Sergei Karyakin (Ukraine) and Sergei Movsisian (Slovakia) with 1.5
points each.

The games of the 3rd round are scheduled for January 19. L. Aronian
plays against Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands).