YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the second stage are appointed in the regular World Chess Cup Championship in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia and 64 chess players are taking part in it. At this stage Levon Aronian will compete with Jan Gustafson (Germany) and Vladimir Hakobian with Ghaem Maghami (Iran). Zaven Andriasian and Varujan Hakobian, living in America, were defeated in the addional games of the first stage and did not qualify.

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