Chess: Aronian Scores First Win At Bilbao Grand Slam

CHESS: ARONIAN SCORES FIRST WIN AT BILBAO GRAND SLAM

Chess | 11.10.13 | 09:18

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Armenia’s Levon Aronian, playing with black pieces, beat France’s
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Round 4 of the Grand Slam’s 6th tournament
in Bilbao, Spain, on Thursday.

This is the first victory scored by the top Armenian grandmaster at
the four-man round-robin tournament known as Final Masters 2013.

In the other game of the day Azeri GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and
Michael Adams from the United Kingdom played a draw.

In the current standings Aronian and Adams lead with 6 points each,
followed by Vachier-Lagrave (4 points) and Mamedyarov (3 points).

According to the rules at the Bilbao competition, 3 points are awarded
for a win and 1 point for a draw, with no points received for a loss.

The Grand Slam tournament continues on Friday with Aronian (with black
pieces) playing against Adams and Mamedyarov taking on Vachier-Lagrave.

On October 12, the last day of the competition, Aronian (with white
pieces) will play against Mamedyarov and Vachier-Lagrave will play
against Adams.

Visit the tournament’s website for the latest scores and results:

From: A. Papazian