On March 19, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian played vs. Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) in the 6th round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament going on in Nice, France.
Aronian scored a 1.5:0.5 victory in blindfold and ended the rapid chess game in a draw. After 6 rounds, Aronian comes 10th with his 5 points. The lead is now taken by Magnus Carslen (Norway) with 9 points, followed by Vassily Ivanchuk with 8.5 points.
In the 7th round due on March 20, Aronian is to play vs. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia).
