Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has scored his first victory at Corus Chess Tournament 2009.
Aronian defeated Slovakia’s Sergei Movsesian in the fifth tour.
After five tours, Ukrainian Sergei Karyakin tops the chart with 3.5 points. Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Gata Kamsky and Jan Smeets have 3 points; Loek van Wely, Magnus Carlsen, Sergei Movsesian, Teymour Radjabov and Daniel Stellwagen have 2.5 points; Yue Wang and Vassily Ivanchuk have 2 points. Alexander Morozevich closes the chart with 1.5 points.
In the 6th tour, Aronian will play vs. Ivanchuk.
