ARONYAN DRAWS THE GAME IN ROUND 8

armradio.am
21.01.2008 16:42

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan played a draw with Grand
Master Shahriyar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan in the 8th round of
the Corus International Chess Tournament underway in Wijk aan Zee,
Holland. Aronyan currently shares the 2nd to 3rd places with Vladimir
Kramnik of Russia. The leader of the tournament is Magnus Carlsen
of Norway.

In Group B of the same tournament Grand Master Gabriel Sargsyan lost
to Mikhail Krasenkov of Poland and occupies the 13th position with
2.5 points.

Slovenian Grand Master Sergey Movsisyan and Ethiene Backro of France
are in the lead.