THE START IS PROMISING

The traditional Corus Chess 2008 tournament kicked off in Wijk ann Zee, Holland, on January 11. The tournament is held in different groups. All eyes are on the premier GM A Group which features top-ranked players all over the world.
Armenian GM Levon Aronian won over the world-known chess player Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria, at the first round. World Champion Vishvanatan Anand lost to Azeri Temur Rajabov at the same round.
At the second tour Aronian beat Boris Gelfand from Israel.
After the first two rounds Aronian shares the leading place with Magnus Carlsen.
Sergey Movsissian, Slovakia, met Armenian Gabriel Sargsian at the first round of the GM Group B. The GMs competed at an international tournament held in Spain in the December of 2007.
As the previous time they played a tie. At the next second round Sargsian tied with Smith and Movsissian with Cheparinov. Presently, the Armenian GMs take the 7-10th places respectively.
Meanwhile, the Armenian Men’s Chess Championship is underway in the Chess House of Armenia. At the fifth round Tigran L. Petrossian won over Tigran Nalbandian. Presently, Petrossian tops the fixture list with 4.5 points, followed by Artashes Minassian, Samvel Ter-Sahakian, Artashes Anastassian and Smbat Lputian having 3 points each

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THE START IS PROMISING
The traditional Corus Chess 2008 tournament kicked off in Wijk ann Zee, Holland, on January 11. The tournament is held in different groups. All eyes are on the premier GM A Group which features top-ranked ...
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