ARONIAN IN LEADERS’ GROUP WITH 3 POINTS AFTER 2 TOURS IN AMBER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Noyan Tapan
March 17, 2008

NICE, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Two tours have finished in the Amber
International Chess Tournament that has started in the city of Nice,
France.

In the first tour Levon Aronian competed with Luk van Valli (Holland)
and in the second Sergei Karyakin (the Ukraine). L. Aronian drew the
game in "blind" chess and beat his competitors in speed chess.

Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), and Vasily Ivanchuk
(the Ukraine) are the leaders after two tours with 3 points each.

The games of the 3rd tour are fixed for March 17.