MORELIA, FEBRUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The first part of the international chess supertournament finished in Morelia (Mexico) on February 25. Levon Aronian was defeated by Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine). Now Aronian shares 4-5th places with 3.5 points. The leaders are Vishvanatan Anand (India) and Magnus Kurlsen (Norway). The second part of the tournament will take place in Linares (Spain) on March 2-10.

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