Corus Press Conference Round 11
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian suffered his first loss of the tournament against Cuba's number one player Leinier Dominguez Perez. After the game he explained all the details at the press conference. Enjoy!
4-Way Tie At Corus
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Corus Press Conference Round 10
On this last rest day of the Corus Chess Tournament, the sole leader in the A group is Levon Aronian. In yesterday's press conference he showed his fine, positional win over Michael Adams.
Corus Round 10 - Aronian Is The New Leader
Lev Aronian (pictured) won his third game of the Corus tournament in round 10, beating Adams with a well-prepared Catalan, to take the sole lead on 6.5/10. He is one of only two players who remain undefeated so far. The other is Magnus Carlsen, ...
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