LEVON ARONIAN TO PLAY AGAINST MAGNUS CARLSEN AT START OF GRAND SLAM IN BILBAO

Noyan Tapan

Se p 2, 2008

BILBAO, SEPTEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. A Chess Grand Slam started in
Bilbao, Spain on September 2. Armenian GM Levon Aronian will play
against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the first round.

The Grand Slam with the participation of Viswanathan Anand (India),
Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Teymur
Rajabov (Azerbaijan) will end on September 13.