Levon Aronyan defeated Magnus Karlsen

armradio.am
04.06.2007 11:25

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan defeated Magnus Karlsen 2:0 in the
World Champion Title Candidates Matches held in the Russian city of
Elista.

In the next round of the tournament he will compete with Alexey Shirov
of Spain, who celebrated a decisive victory against Michael Adams from
England. The match witj Alexey Shirov will start on June 6. in case of
victory the Armenian Grand Master will achieve the right to participate
in the World Chess Championship, featuring 8 best chess players of the
world.

The four winners of the World Champion Title Candidates will join World
Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Russians Pyotor Svidler and Alexander
Morozevich and Vishvanata Anand of India, who have already secured
their participation in this championship.