LEVON ARONIAN BECOMES WINNER OF GRAND MASTER KAREN ASRIAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Noyan Tapan

Ju ne 16, 2008

YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The memorial tournament of grand master
Karen Asrian, the champion of the Chess World Olympiad, finished on
June 15 in Yerevan. Levon Aronian (Armenia) received 8.5 out of 14
possible points and became individual winner of the tournament. Peter
Leko (Hungary) took second place with 8 points. Alexander Morozevich
(Russia) and Boris Gelfand (Israel) shared third and fourth places
with 7.5 points each. Bu Ksianji (China) earned 7 points, Gabriel
Sargsian (Armenia) 6.5, Michael Adams (England) 6, and Vladimir
Hakobian (Armenia) 5 points.