ARONIAN KEEPS LEAD AT GRAND SLAM FINAL MASTERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 27, 2011 – 11:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian celebrated a
victory over Francisco Vallejo Pons in round 1 of Sao Paulo Grand
Slam Final Masters to top the tournament standings with 3 points.
In the other matches, Hukaru Nakamura (U.S.) and Vasili Ivanchuk
(Ukraine), Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
played in a draw and gained 1 point each.
In round 2, Aronian will face Carlsen.
The Grand Slam 2011 is a double round robin with 6 players. The first
rounds of the event are played in Sao Paulo and the second part will
be in Alhóndiga Bilbao.
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