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ARONIAN TAKES REVENGE

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The “Morelia-Linares-2008” Super Tournament resumed in the Spanish city Linares. Armenian GM Levon Aronian beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria thus taking a revenge on his contender.

To remind, Aronian had lost to the Bulgarian GM n the first round.

Viswanathan Anand of India, the world champion, and the leader after the Mexican half of the tournament, won, increasing his lead to a full point over the field. Anand beat Alexei Shirov of Spain. Magnus Carlsen of Norway staged a miraculous comeback against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine.

Currently, Viswanathan Anand heads the fixture table with 5.5 points, followed by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen having 4.5 points each. Topalov and Shirov have gained 4 points each.