YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 8, representative of Armenia Levon Aronian was defeated by Pyotr Svidler (RF) in the international chess supertournament dedicated to Mikhail Tal's memory, being held in Moscow. Aronian with 1.5 points is in the middle of the tournament table. The leader is Ruslan Ponomaryov (Ukraine) with 2.5 points. Pyotr Svidler (RF) and Boris Gelfand (Israel) have two points each. November 9 is announced a rest day in the tournament and on November 10, in the 4th tour, Aronian will compete with Alexander Shirov representing Spain.

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