Levon Aronian, leading chess player of Armenia, had no problems with South African chess player Daniel Cawdery in the second chess game and easily overcame the first phase of Men’s World Chess Championship.
Our GM, who was playing with black pieces, started the chess game without any pressure and chose a waiting strategy, as he won yesterday’s first round. African chess player tried to take the initiative, but uselessly.
So, our chess player won by 2:0 score and entered 1/32 final.
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