World Mind Games are ongoing in Beijing, with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scoring 6 points on the first day of blitz to share 1-3 places with Hikaru Nakamura and Sergey Karjakin.
The blitz games of 9-15 rounds are due today, Dec 15, with blindfold chess games scheduled for Dec 18-19.
Armenia’s Elina Danielian came 8th to come 14th among women.
