LEVON ARONIAN IN SECOND PLACE AFTER 12 TOURS IN LINARES TOURNAMENT

Noyan Tapan
Mar 09 2006

LINARES, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of 11th and 12th tours
were held in the chess super-tournament in the city of Linares,
Spain. Representative of Armenia Levon Aronian gained 1.5 points
in the last 2 tours. First he defeated Spanish Francisco Valekha,
then drew the game with Russian Pyotr Svidler.

He is currenty in second place. After 12 tours the chess-players take
the following places on the table: 1. Peter Leko (Hungary) 7.5 points,
2. Levon Aronian (Armenia) 7 points, 3-4. Veselin Topalov (Bulgary),
Temur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) 6.5 points each, 5. Pyotr Svidler (Russia)
6 points, 6-7. Vasili Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Etien Bakro (France) 5 points
each, 8. Franciso Valekho (Spain) 4.5 points. The last two tours of
the Linares tournament will be held on March 10 and 11. Levon Aronian
first will compete with Bakro, then Leko.