BAKU: Vugar Hashimov Meets Armenian Opponent In Linares

VUGAR HASHIMOV MEETS ARMENIAN OPPONENT IN LINARES
Elmir Aliyev

news.az
Feb 17 2010
Azerbaijan

Vugar Hashimov Games of 4th round of chess supercontest that involves
six world famous grandmasters including Azerbaijani Vugar Hashimov
have been held in Spain.

According to News.Az, in the fourth round Vugar was to compete with
Armenian Levon Aronyan. Our chess player played with white figures
but failed to beat the famous opponent. The sides agreed to a draw
on the 48th step.

Hashimov has 1.5 points and shares the last 5-6th places with Israeli
Boris Gelfund. Bulgarian Veselin Topalov and Russian Alexander Grishuk
are leading with 2.5 points. Aronyan and Spanish Francisco Vallejo
have 2 points each.