ARONIAN LOSES 2 BLINDFOLD CHESS GAMES AT AMBER TOURNAMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2010 12:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has lost 2
blindfold chess games at Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament going
on in Nice, France.

In the 1st round, Aronian lost a blindfold game to Russia’s Sergey
Karjakin, yet managed to win a quick chess game. In the 2nd round,
he was defeated by Norway’s Magnus Karlsen.

In the 3rd round, Aronian will play vs. Jan Smeets (Netherlands)

Currently, Aronian is the 11th. Ukraine’s Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan
Ponomariov are in the lead in the overall standings with 3 points from
4 games, followed at half a point’s distance by Vladimir Kramnik and
Peter Svidler.

Levon Aronian (born on October 6, 1982 in Yerevan) is an Armenian
Grandmaster. He is the winner of FIDE Grand Prix in 2008 and 2009 and
2009 World Rapid Chess Champion. He was honored with Movses Khorenatsi
order in 2006 and with an order of merit in 2008.