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Aronian starts in London Chess Classic with a draw


Photo: londonchessclassic.com


London Chess Classic is underway, and Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is among the four participants.

Aronian faced Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the semi-finals of the knock-out tournament. The players drew in 74 moves at the Google headquarters.

The same outcome came in the Fabiano Caruana-Hikaru Nakamura game. There will be more classic games today, as the winners of previous games face off in the finals and the other two compete for the third place.

The tournament will switch to rapid and blitz games on December 13. The final and the game for the third place will be held on December 15-17.

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