ARONYAN WINS IN MONACO
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02:25 pm 20 March, 2006
An international chess super tournament has started in Monte Carlo
where Levon Aronyan, Veselin Topalov, Vishvanatan Anand and other
Grand Masters participate.
In the tournament the masters play blindfold and rapid chess.
In the first round Aronyan played with Luuk van Veli from
Holland. Levon lost the blindfold game, but won the rapid one and
earned one point. In the second round Aronyan played with the Fide
world champion Veselin Topalov. This time Aronyan won the blindfold
game and tied the rapid one.
After the second round Levon Aronyan tops the list with 4 other players
with 2.5 points. In the third round Levon will play with Peter Leko
whom he beat in the last round of the Linares tournament.