LEVON ARONIAN DEFEATED BY VESELIN TOPALOV IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS
TOURNAMENT IN SOFIA
SOFIA, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. An international chess super tournament
with the participation of six grand masters started in Sofia on May 8.
In the first round Levon Aronian lost to Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria),
Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) – to Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), while Ivan
Cheparinov (Bulgaria) beat Bu Xiangzhi (China).
L. Aronian plays against I. Cheparinov in the second round.