In the 1/16 finals of the World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, the leader of the Armenian national team, Levon Aronian (2758), held a return clash with Russian Maxim Matlakov.
The Armenian grandmaster won and reached the 1/8 finals.
In the first game, the grandmasters divided the point.
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