09:32  ,  January 24, 2015

Tata Steel Chess: Aronian vs. Vachier-Lagrave

Round 12 will be played Saturday at the Tata Steel Masters chess super tournament being held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian—who is currently fifth in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings and who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the former World Team Chess champions, Armenia—will face GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in this round.Aronian is currently tenth in this tournament, with 5 points, and Vachier-Lagrave is third with 7 points.    

The reining World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway), who is first in the FIDE rankings, leads the competition with 8 points.

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