ARONYAN’S FIRST VICTORY

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[02:11 pm] 15 January, 2007

A chess super tournament has started in Veyk an Zee in which 14 famous
grand masters participate including Levon Aronyan. In the first round
the Armenian player tied with David Navara, the best player of the
Czech Republic. In the second round Aronyan beat Ruslan Ponomarev
from Ukraine.

After the second round Aronyan, Anand, Navara, Topalov, Rajabov
and Svidler top the list with 1.5 points each. Tonight Aronyan will
play with one of the favorites of the tournament, Vishvanatan Anand
from India.