Superbet Chess Classic: Levon Aronian defeated by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
23:47 11 June, 2021In the 6th round of Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Levon Aronian competed with Azerbaijani chess player Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with black figures and was defeated after the 40th step.
In the first five rounds, the Armenian chess grandmaster tied the matches with Romanian Constantin Lupulescu, American Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, Dutch Anish Giri and French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and has 2.5 points.
In the seventh round, Aronian will compete with Russian Alexander Grishchuk.
Grand Chess Tour is composed of five tournaments, and the total prize fund is $1,275,000. The Superbet Chess Classic is the first competition of the series.
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