LEVON ARONIAN MADE A DRAW IN LINARES 2009 FIRST TOUR
PanARMENIAN.Net
20.02.2009 15:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian played in a
draw with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen on the first day of Linares 2009
International Chess Tournament which kicked off on February 19.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand gained a victory over Azerbaijan’s
Teimour Radjabov.
The second tour of Linares 2009 due today will feature a game between
Aronian and Anand.
The total prize fund amounts 314000 euro, and the winner’s prize fund
is 100 000 euros.
The 1 tour results: Viswanathan Anand (India)- Teimour Radjabov
(Azerbaijan) 1-0 Levon Aronian (Armenia) – Magnus Carlsen (Holland)
0,5:0,5 Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) – Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
0,5:0,5 Wang Yue (China) – Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 0,5:0,5
2 tour participants: Anand – Aronian, Carlsen – Dominguez, Grischuk –
Wang Yue, Radjabov – Ivanchuk.
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