WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. 8 tours have been held in the chess super-tournament of 19th class taking place in the town of Wijk aan Zee, Holland. 14 grand masters take part in the tournament. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Vishwanathan Anand (India) are in the lead. Each of them has gained 5.5 points. The leaders are followed by Andrei Koryakin (the Ukraine), Vasiliy Ivanchuk (the Ukraine), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Michael Adams (England) with 4.5 points each. Representative of Armenia Levon Aronian has gained 4 points and shares 7-9th places. He defeated representative of Azerbaijan Shahriyar Mammadiarov in the 8th tour. After a 1-day interval, on January 24, the games of the 9th tour will be held in the Wijk aan Zee tournament. L.Aronian will compete with Sergei Tivyakov (Holland).

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