Chess: Levon Aronian Registers Poor Start At Amber Tournament

LEVON ARONIAN REGISTERS POOR START AT AMBER TOURNAMENT

Aysor
March 15 2010
Armenia

Armenia’s Grand Master Levon Aronian won over Sergei Kariakin in a
‘rapid’ round of the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament,
being held in Nice; however, Aronian fixed a poor start in ‘rapid’
and ‘blind’ sets with Magnus Carlsen.

After Round II, held on Sunday, Levon Aronian with a point seeded
eights at a ‘rapid’ contest, and shares with Leinier Dominguez 11-12th
places at a ‘blind’ one.

The tournament table is lead by Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomaryev,
followed by Peter Svidler and Vladimir Kramnik at 2.5 points each.