Candidates Tournament round 1 ends in 4 ties

Candidates Tournament round 1 ends in 4 ties

PanARMENIAN.Net - The 1st round of the London-hosted 2013 World Chess Championship's Candidates Tournament ended in 4 ties, with participants gaining 0,5 points each.

In round 2, Armenia’s Levon Aronian will face off against Israel’s Boris Gelfand. The remaining pairings are: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Alexaner Grischuk - Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine).

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