  Aronian sustains defeat from Rajabov.March 3, 2009 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian sustained the third defeat at Linares 2009 Chess Tournament.This time, the Olympic champion conceded defeat from Azerbaijan's Rajabov. Aronian, playing with black pieces, yielded at the 56th move of the set. Aronian and Rajabov ended their last two games of in a draw. This tour was also marked by the success of Chinese Wang Yue, rivaling Carlsen. Wang Yue playing with black pieces inflicted a defeat upon Carlsen at the 64th move of the set. The remaining two sets of the 10th tour ended in a draw. According 10 tours results Aronian, along with Indian grand master Viswanathan Anand and Leinier Dominguez are ranked 3rd to 5th . Today, in the 11th tour of Linares 2009 Levon Aronian will play against Cuba's Leinier Dominguez, defeated by Aronian in the 4th tour. 10th tour results: Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)- Levon Aronian (Armenia) 1-0 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - Wang Yue (China) 0-1 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) - Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) draw Viswanathan Anand (India) - Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) draw Standings after 10th tour: Grischuk -6,5 points; Ivanchuk - 5,5 points; Aronian, Carlsen, Anand - 5 points each; Radjabov, Wang Yue - 4.5 points each, Dominguez - 4 points. 11th tour participants: Grischuk - Radjabov, Ivanchuk- Carlsen, Wang Yue- Anand, Dominguez -Aronian.   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
