ARONYAN SHARES THE 2ND TO 5TH PLACES IN THE AMBER CHESS TOURNAMENT

armradio.am
18.03.2008 15:03

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan lost 0.5:1.5 to Boris Gelfand of
Israel in the 3rd round of the 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess
Tournament underway in Nice, France. In the blindfold game Aronyan
played a draw with white pieces, and lost in the rapid game with
black pieces.

After three rounds Wishvanathan Anand of India is leading with
4 points.

Levon Aronyan, Vesselin Topalov of Bulgaria, Magnus Carlsen of Norway
and Ukrainian Vasili Ivanchuk share the 2nd to 5th places.

Vasili Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen are leading
in the blindfold chess tournament with 2 points each. Aronyan shares
the 4th to 9h positions with another 5 chess players.

In the rapid chess tournament Wishvanatan Anand is leading with
2.5 points.

Levon Aronyan and Vesselin Topalov have 2.5 points each and share
the 2nd and 3rd places.