Levon Aronian starts Champions Showdown with victory (video)
After four rounds, the tournament table is headed by So and Vachier-Lagrave. Champions Showdown chess tournament was launched in Saint Louis, USA, with a prize of $ 250,000. In addition to the 13th world chess champion Garry Kasparov , there are also nine well-known chess players, including Levon Aronian. The participants were divided into 5 pairs, and will play 6 Fischer chess and 14 blitz games. After the first four games, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagravee lead the tournament table with 3 points each. Levon Aronian won Cuban Leonor Dominguez, but then, he lost in the fourth game and allowed his opponent equalized score (2: 2). There is also equality in Garry Kasparov - Veselin Topalov and Hikaru Nakamura - Pyotr Svidler pairs. The next four games will take place today.
