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ARONYAN'S FIRST VICTORY

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A chess super tournament has started in Veyk an Zee in which 14 famous grand masters participate including Levon Aronyan. In the first round the Armenian player tied with David Navara, the best player of the Czech Republic. In the second round Aronyan beat Ruslan Ponomarev from Ukraine.

After the second round Aronyan, Anand, Navara, Topalov, Rajabov and Svidler top the list with 1.5 points each. Tonight Aronyan will play with one of the favorites of the tournament, Vishvanatan Anand from India.