WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. In the 7th tour of the International Chess Tournament being held in the city of Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Levon Aronian defeated Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) and in the 8th tour drew the game with Shahriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan). After 8 tours, the leader is Magnus Karlsen (Norway). Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) take the 2nd and 3rd places with 5 points each. L. Aronian will compete with Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine) on January 22. In tournament B, Gabriel Sargsian in the 8th tour was defeated by Mikhail Krasenkov (Poland) and takes the 13th place on the tournament table with 2.5 points. Sergei Movsisian representing Slovakia defeated Vuter Spulman (Holland) and is in the lead with Etienne Bakro. Each of them has 5 points. January 21 is announced a rest day in the tournament.

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