WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Chess Festival is going on in the city of Wijk aan Zee, Holland. The games of the 9th tour took place on January 22. In the main tournament Levon Aronian shared his point with Pavel Elyanov (Ukraine) and now is at the top of the tournament table with Magnus Karlsen (Norway) with 5.5 points each. In the 10th tour Aronian will compete with Michael Adams (Great Britain). The latter shares the 3-6th places with 5 points. In tournament B the leader is Sergei Movsisian (Slovakia), who has 6.5 points. Gabriel Sargsian is in the 13th place with 3 points.

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