ARONIAN TAKES THE SOLE LEAD AT TATA STEEL TOURNAMENT
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25.01.2012 12:03
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is a single leader at a major
international competition in the Netherlands after scoring a victory
in the latest round of play.
In Round 9 of the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee Aronian beat
Italian Fabiano Caruana, while Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who also
played with white pieces, lost to Russian Sergey Karjakin.
With 6 ½ points FIDE~Rs current number two Aronian leads the 14-man
Group A standings and is a point clear of Carlsen, who is currently
FIDE~Rs top-ranked player.
Four rounds remain before the end of the tournament. Today Aronian~Rs
opponent is Dutch Anish Giri, while Carlsen plays Hikaru Nakamura
from the United States.
Armenia~Rs other grandmaster taking part in Group C of the tournament,
Elina Danielian, shares the 11th spot with two other players after
nine rounds of play.
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