BILBAO, SEPTEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. A Chess Grand Slam started in Bilbao, Spain on September 2. Armenian GM Levon Aronian will play against Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the first round. The Grand Slam with the participation of Viswanathan Anand (India), Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) will end on September 13.

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