Aronian defeats Azerbaijan’s Gashimov

20.03.2010 13:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On March 19, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian
played vs. Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) in the 6th round of Amber
Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament going on in Nice, France.

Aronian scored a 1.5:0.5 victory in blindfold and ended the rapid
chess game in a draw. After 6 rounds, Aronian comes 10th with his 5
points. The lead is now taken by Magnus Carslen (Norway) with 9
points, followed by Vassily Ivanchuk with 8.5 points.

In the 7th round due on March 20, Aronian is to play vs. Vladimir
Kramnik (Russia).