LEVON ARONIAN GAINS TITLE OF WINNER OF AMBER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

Noyan Tapan
March 27, 2008

NICE, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the penultimate, 10th tour
of the Amber International Chess Tournament, which is being held in
the city of Nice, France, were held on March 26. Levon Aronian drew the
game with Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) in "blind" and speed chess, gained
13.5 points and gained the title of a winner ahead of the schedule.

L. Aronian is followed by Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik
(Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) who have
11 points each.

The games of the last 11th tour are fixed for March 27.