YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 17—Armenian chess master Levon Aronyan claimed a draw with Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) in the fourth round of the chess super-tournament in Linares, Spain. Aronyan was playing black chess pieces, the official site of the tournament informs.

It’s interesting that Aronyan played a draw in all his four games of the tournament.

During the fourth round, Alexander Grischuk (Russia) and Francisco Vallejo (Spain), as well as Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) also played draws.

Standings:
1. Alexander Grischuk – 2.5
2. Veselin Topalov – 2.5
3. Levon Aronian – 2
4. Vallejo Pons – 2
5. Vugar Gashimov – 1.5
6. Boris Gelfand – 1.5

In the fifth round Aronyan is going to play the white pieces with Gelfand. Topalov will play with Grischuk, and Vallejo will play with Gashimov.

Translated from Russian by Yerevanreport.com