ARONIAN KEEPS LEAD AT GRAND SLAM FINAL MASTERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
September 27, 2011 – 11:01 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian celebrated a
victory over Francisco Vallejo Pons in round 1 of Sao Paulo Grand
Slam Final Masters to top the tournament standings with 3 points.

In the other matches, Hukaru Nakamura (U.S.) and Vasili Ivanchuk
(Ukraine), Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
played in a draw and gained 1 point each.

In round 2, Aronian will face Carlsen.

The Grand Slam 2011 is a double round robin with 6 players. The first
rounds of the event are played in Sao Paulo and the second part will
be in Alhóndiga Bilbao.