Levon Aronian registers poor start at Amber Tournament

Armenia’s Grand Master Levon Aronian won over Sergei Kariakin in a ‘rapid’ round of the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, being held in Nice; however, Aronian fixed a poor start in ‘rapid’ and ‘blind’ sets with Magnus Carlsen.

After Round II, held on Sunday, Levon Aronian with a point seeded eights at a ‘rapid’ contest, and shares with Leinier Dominguez 11-12th places at a ‘blind’ one.

The tournament table is lead by Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomaryev, followed by Peter Svidler and Vladimir Kramnik at 2.5 points each.