Panorama, Armenia
Aug 17 2017
The Rapid event of the Rapid and Blitz competition, the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017 taking place at Saint Louis, U.S is over, with Armenian GM Levon Aronian becoming the sole winner of the event.
In the final three rounds of the tournament held yesterday, Aronian outplayed Karjakin and Dominguez, drawing with Nakamura, Chess.am reports.
Collecting a total of 12 points, the Armenian GM became the sole winner of the event. Nakamura and Caruana shared 2-3 spots with 11 points apiece. 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost his two games and drew one, sharing 8-10 positions with 7 points.
The Blitz chess will kick off on Thursday. The event will run two days, with 9 rounds to be played each day.