MAINZ, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The traditional chess festival started in Mainz (Germany). Games of the first round by the Fischer version took place. Levon Aronian earned 2.5 out of 3 possible points and in lead in the points table. Rustam Kasimjanov (Uzbekistan) and Viswanathan Anand (India) have 1.5 points each, while Etienne Bacrot (France) has 0.5 points.

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