Aronian loses to Liren Ding in Alekhine Memorial round 1

The Alekhine Memorial International Chess Super-Tournament opened in Paris on April 21.

In the first round Armenian GM Levon Aronian lost to Liren Ding. Michael Adams defeated Viswantahn Anand. Nikita Vityugov lost to Vladimir Kramnik. Maxime Vachier Lagrave-Laurent Fressinet and Peter Svidler-Boris Gelfand games ended in a draw.