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June 39 2017


Grand Chess Tour: Aronian beats Anand and Kramnik

The rapid events took place in the subsequent stage of Grand Chess
Tour held in Leuven, Belgium.



Leader of Armenian chess Levon Aronian defeated Viswanathan Anand
(India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), but lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi
(Russia).

On the last day of the rapid chess tournament, Aronian will play with
white pieces against Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave (France). He will also play with black pieces against
Wesley So.

After the 6th tournament, the Armenian grandmaster ranks 6th with 6
points. Wesley so is on the lead with 10 points.

Earlier, Aronian lost to World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Dutch Anish
Giri, defeating Georgian Baadur Jobava.