Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has sustained his first defeat at Linares 2009 in a game with Russia’s Alexander Grischuk, who tops the tournament chart with 4.5 points.
With 3.5 points, Aronian shares the second and third positions with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who inflicted a defeat on world champion Viswanathan Anand.
The other games of the 6th tour ended in a draw.
In the resulting 7th tour, Aronian will play against Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk.
6th tour results:
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)- Levon Aronian (Armenia) 1:0
Magnus Carlsen (Netherlands) – Viswanathan Anand (India) 1:0
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)- Leinier Dominguez (Cuba) 0,5-0,5
Wang Yue (China) – Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 0,5-0,5
Standings after 6th tour:
Grischuk – 4.5 points; Aronian, Carlsen -3.5 points each; Ivanchuk Anand – 3 points each; Dominguez – 2.5 points; Radjabov, Wang Yue – 2 points each.
6th tour participants:
Anand – Grischuk, Aronian – Ivanchuk, Radjabov – Carlsen , Dominguez – Wang Yue.
