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11:39 19/03/2010

Levon Aronyan defeated by Svidler

It’s a little bit worrying what’s happening with Armenian Levon Aronyan in “Amber” championship. After the fifth round, though the chess players had had opportunity to have a day off, Levon Aronyan was defeated by Svidler in both blindfold and rapid tournaments. By the way Svidler was neither a favorite nor leader of the tournament. Levon Aronyan scored 3.5 of possible 10 and occupied 10^th horizontal.

Blindfold

Gashimov, Vugar - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter 0-1
Smeets, Jan - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Dominguez Perez - Gelfand, Boris 0-1

Rapid

Ivanchuk, Vassily - Smeets, Jan 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Dominguez Perez 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander - Gashimov, Vugar 0-1

Combined

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily   7½
2. Gelfand, Boris      7
3. Carlsen, Magnus     7
4. Kramnik, Vladimir   6
5. Grischuk, Alexander 5½
6. Svidler, Peter      5½
7. Gashimov, Vugar     5
8. Ponomariov, Ruslan 4½
9. Karjakin, Sergey    4½
10. Aronian, Levon      3½
11. Smeets, Jan         2

12. Dominguez Perez 2

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