MORELIA, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Chess-player Peter Leko (Hungary) performed successfuly in the first circle of the Linares chess super-tournament in the Mexican city of Morelia. He gained 5 points from the possible 7 points and is at the top of the tournament table. Levon Aronian, representative of Armenia, falls behind the leader only with 0.5 point. The world cup-holder performs a high-quality game: he won in 3 games, drew 3 ones and was defeated only once. After the first circle the participants took places on the table with the following sequence: 1.Peter Leko (Hungary) 5 points, 2.Levon Aronian (Armenia) 4.5 points, 3. Pyotr Svidler (Russia) 4 points, 4-5. Vasili Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Temur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) 3.5 points each, 6. Fransisko Valejo (Spain) 3 points, 7. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2.5 points, 8. Etien Bakro (France) 2 points. Now the participants of the tournament have left for Spain and on March 3 the competition will restart in Linares.

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