14/09/2009 11:19
Levon Aronyan, winner of the “Grand Slam”
In the “Grand Slam” Masters Final taking place in Bilbao, Spain, as we had already informed, the Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronyan prematurely took the place of the winner, turning the game of the last round into a formality. In the currant round he didn’t tend to a victory and it is normal: it is difficult to concentrate over the game when you have ended the tournament with victory. So, Levon Aronyan ended in draw the game with Sergey Karyakin. Aleksey Shirov and Alexander Grishchuk also ended in draw.
So the leader of the tournament list was Levon Aronyan with 13 points. Alexander Grishchuk that followed him got 8 points. Sergey Karyakin was the 3rd one with 7 points. On the last position is Aleksey Shirov with 3 points.