Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian met second defeat at Linares 2009 Chess Tournament.
This time, the Olympic champion conceded defeat from Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk.
Russia’s Alexander Grischuk is still leading with 5 points.
Aronian will start the second round with a game against Norwegian Magnus Carlsen.
Standings after the first round:
Alexander Grischuk – 5 points; Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk – 4 points each; Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand – 3.5 points each; Leinier Dominguez – 3 points, Teimour Radjabov and Wang Yue – 2.5 points each.
8th tour pairs:
Grischuk-Dominguez, Carlsen – Aronian, Ivanchuk – Wang Yue, Anand -Radjabov .
