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LEADERS OF MATCH LIST

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“Morelia - Linares – 2008” chess tournament continues in Morelia, Mexico. The Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan played successfully in the 5-th tour. He tied the meeting with Aleksey Shirov with white chess pieces. Shirov represented Spain.

Levon Aronyan had defeated Vasily Ivanchuk from Ukraine. Veselin Topalov was defeated twice, the second time he was defeated by Magnus Karlsen. The World Champion Vishvanatan Anand defeated Peter Leko with black chess figures. Now Anand heads the match list with 3.5 points. Aronyan occupies the 2-nd place with 3 points. Shirov, Topalov and Karlsen are in the third place with 2.5 points each.

Levon Aronyan is to compete with Peter Leko with white chess pieces in the 6-th tour.