Aronyan wins 1st round game of Grand Slam Chess MastersPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian GM Levon Aronian scored a victory over China’s Wang Hao in the 1st round of Grand Slam Chess Masters which kicked off in Shanghai, China, on September 3, 2010. Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik and Spain’s Alexey Shirov tied their game. Aronian tops the standings with 1 point. The two winners of the Shanghai tournament, together with Viswanathan Anand (India) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway), will participate in the Grand Slam Final tournament in Bilbao, Spain, from October 9 to 15, 2010. Madrid tops the list with revenue of Euro 479.5 million to the year ending June 30, an increase of 9 % on previous 12 months. The project involves digging some 5 feet into the park's soil to collect rainwater, which would be incorporated into the design. Meanwhile Hrant Melkumyan and Karen Grigoryan lost to Jorge Cori (Peru) and Zhou Jianchao (China) respectively. Chess Federations of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria have recently expressed readiness to organize the Candidates Tournament. |