MORELLA: ARONYAN SECOND PLACE
After the fifth circle of Morella-Linares super competition Vishvanat Anand, world cup holder, Indian grand master leads the competition. Anand won Israeli Peter Leckoil and has 3.5 scores on his account.
Levon Aronyan, the winner of “Chorus Chess 2008” is in the second horizontal. Aronyan ends his game in a draw with Aleksey Shirov who presents Spain.
Shirov Topalov and Karlsen are in the 3rd to 5th horizontals. Radjabov, Leko, and Ivanchuk are in the 6th to 8th horizontals.
Note that the first part of the competition takes place on 15-23 February in Morela, Mexico. And the second part is arranged for 28 February to 7 March in Linares, Spain. The competition is held for the third time.