06/11/2010 13:38
Levon Aronian in Tal Memorial
GM Levon Aronian beat ex-world champion Vladimir Karjakin in the first round of Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament ongoing in Moscow. Sergey Karjakin beat Boris Gelfand, Wang Hao beat Alexei Shirov and Alexander Grischuk beat Pavel Eljanov. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov-Hikaru Nakamura match ended in a draw.
Thus, Aronian, Karjakin, Wang Hao and Grischuk are in the lead with 1 point after the first round. Mamedyarov and Nakamura have 0.5 point.