Chess: Levon Aronian starts Speed Chess Championship with a win

Emil Lazarian 2018
MediaMax, Armenia
 
 
Levon Aronian starts Speed Chess Championship with a win
 
 
Chess.com has organized Speed Chess Championship, a knockout tournament.
 
The first game took place yesterday, with Levon Aronian (Armenia) beating Fabiano Caruana (USA) 20.5-6.5 and qualifying for the next round.
 
Another Armenia representative in Speed Chess is Zaven Andriasyan, who joined the tournament through qualification rounds.
 
Andriasyan will face Vidit Gujrathi (India) on August 30.
 
 
 

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