LEVON ARONIAN IS ON 2ND-4TH PLACES AT LINARES TOURNAMENT
Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2006
LINARES, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. 8 grand masters participated in
the Linares super tournament after the four-days break re-started
the competition struggle. Representative of Armenia Levon Aronian
gained 1 point in three meetings of the second round. He ended the
meeting with Temur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) and Vasili Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
in a draw and lost the game with world champion Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria). Peter Lecon from Hungary, who got 6.5 points, heads the
tournament table after 10 rounds. Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and
Temur Rajabov are on the 2nd-4th places having 5.5 points each. There
are 4 rounds left before the end of the tournament.