ELISTA, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The second round of the chess tournament of challengers for the title of world champion ended in Elista on June 12. Levon Aronian drew with Alexey Shirov and gained an overall victory with the score of 3.5:2.5. He received the right to participate in the finals of the world chess championship in Mexico City to start on September 11. He will compete with the current world champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Vishvanatan Anand (India), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Pyotr Svildler (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary) and Boris Gelfand (Israel). The tournament's extra game between Alexander Grishchuk and Sergei Rublevski (both Russian chess palyers) on June 13 will determine the 8th participant of the championship.

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