news.am, Armenia June 39 2017 Grand Chess Tour: Aronian beats Anand and Kramnik The rapid events took place in the subsequent stage of Grand Chess Tour held in Leuven, Belgium. Leader of Armenian chess Levon Aronian defeated Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), but lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia). On the last day of the rapid chess tournament, Aronian will play with white pieces against Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France). He will also play with black pieces against Wesley So. After the 6th tournament, the Armenian grandmaster ranks 6th with 6 points. Wesley so is on the lead with 10 points. Earlier, Aronian lost to World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Dutch Anish Giri, defeating Georgian Baadur Jobava.
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