Levon Aronyan’s first rival is Giri

 “Blindfold” and “Rapid” chess tournaments will kick off today at 17:30 Yerevan time. Armenian GM Levon Aronyan also attends the tournament and his first rival for the today’s round is Giri.

The other sets for today are Nakamura – Carlsen; Ivanchuk – Gashimov; Karjakin – Gelfand; Grischuk – Kramnik; Anand - Topalov.