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Published on February 20, 2008
ARONIAN IMPROVES POSITION
During the Linares Championship in the town of Morelia, Mexico, Levon Aronian defeated Vishvanatan Anand. Playing with the whites, Anand proved unable to withstand the impetus of Aronian and was forced to surrender. In the next round Aronian's opponenet was Teymur Tajabov. The game was draw. Thus, after the 3rd round, Levon Aronian gained 1,5 points improving his rating and winning the 3rd place.
The leader of the contest is Vaselin Topalov, who played draw with Rajabov and defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in the next round. The second comes Vishvanatan Anand with 2 points, who won the match with Magnus Karlsen on the 58th move.
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Headlines for February 20, 2008EXIT POLL RESULTS
According to the exit polls results, conducted by Populus organization in 126 poll stations of the Republic of Armenia, Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian has won 57.1% of the votes in the presidential elections. ...ARONIAN IMPROVES POSITION
During the Linares Championship in the town of Morelia, Mexico, Levon Aronian defeated Vishvanatan Anand. Playing with the whites, Anand proved unable to withstand the impetus of Aronian and was forced ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1728 Death of General Davit Bek.
- 1862 Defense of Van against Turkish exactions and terrorism.
- 1904 Birth of Abraham Alikhanov in Tbilisi (Georgia). He became a physicist and an academician of the USSR. In 1940, he organized the first expedition to Mount Elbrus to explore Cosmic Rays. He made many basic discoveries in this area.
- 1908 Inauguration of the Ulukhanlu-Julfa railroad.
- 1936 Death of Alexander Tamanyan (architect) in Yerevan. He was born in 1878.
- 1940 Death of public figure Stepan Yessayan. He was one of the founders of "Pan-National" Cultural Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party.
- 1988 The Autonomous Region (oblast) of Nagorno Gharabagh applies to the Supreme Soviets of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the USSR to consider and resolve positively the question of handing over Nagorno Karabagh from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia.
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