TWO CHESS PLAYERS IN LEAD IN MAIN TOURNAMENT OF WIJK AAN ZEE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL
Noyan Tapan
Jan 23, 2008
WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Chess Festival
is going on in the city of Wijk aan Zee, Holland. The games of the 9th
tour took place on January 22. In the main tournament Levon Aronian
shared his point with Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine) and now is at the top
of the tournament table with Magnus Karlsen (Norway) with 5.5 points
each. In the 10th tour Aronian will compete with Michael Adams (Great
Britain). The latter shares the 3-6th places with 5 points.
In tournament B the leader is Sergei Movsisian (Slovakia), who has
6.5 points. Gabriel Sargsian is in the 13th place with 3 points.