The initial round of Goldmoney Asian Rapid ended with Levon Aronian’s victory. The Armenian chess grandmaster scored 10.5 points and made it to the quarter-final, exceeding Chinese Ding Liren by one point (Liren is in second place).
On the third day of the tournament, Aronian defeated Iranian Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) and Russian Daniil Dubov, tied the matches with Chinese Hou Yifan, Russian Vladislav Artemiev and American Wesley So.
During the 10 games of the first two days, Aronian defeated Indians Adhiban, Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh and Erigaisi Arjun and world champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, tied the matches with Russian Peter Svidler, Chinese Ding Liren, representative of the United Arab Emirates Saleh Salem, Dutch Anish Giri and Polish Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Goldmoney Asian Rapid is the seventh stage of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour organized by Magnus Carlsen. The total prize fund is $1,600,000,000, and the prize fund for Goldmoney Asian Rapid is $100,000.
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