LEVON ARONIAN BEATS VISHVANATAN ANAND IN THE 8TH ROUND OF "GRAND SLAM"
ARMENPRESS
Sep 11, 2008
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: Grand master Levon Aronian beat
Indian Vishvanatan Anand in the 8th round of the "Grand Slam" held
in the Spanish town of Bilbao.
In the other games of the round, Ukrainian Vasili Ivanchuk beat Teymur
Rajabov from Azerbaijan, Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov beat Norwegian
Magnus Karlsen.
After this round the leader is V. Topalov having 13 points, second
comes L. Aronian with 12 points. V. Ivanchuk and M. Karlsen are sharing
3-4 places having 11 points each, and V. Anand and T. Rajabov share
5-6 places with 6 points each.