At Round 2 of the third tournament of 2017 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, Armenian GM Levon Aronian defeated GM Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) with black pieces, the Armenian National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am.
After two rounds, Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) is leading the table. Five chess players, including Armenia’s Aronian, have scored 1.5 points apiece.
The source notes that Aronian is set to face Teimour Radjabov at Round 3 of the tournament on July 8.
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