ArmInfo.Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronyan defeated Cuban Lenier Dominguez in the fast chess game in the ninth round of the tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, and took the lead in the tournament.Tournament position after nine rounds of Rapid: Aronian - 12 points, Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - 11, Jan Nepomnyashchy (Russia) - 10, Le Quang Lem (Vietnam), Leniera Dominguez (Cuba), Sergey Karyakin (Russia) - 8, Viswanathan Anand (India), Garry Kasparov (Russia), David Navara (Czech Republic) - 7 each.
The tournament in St. Louis is the fourth stage of the Grand Tour - a commercial series with the participation of the world's strongest chess players. The prize fund of the tournament is $ 150,000, of which the winner will receive $ 37,500. The Grand Tour finishes with the Classic Chess Tournament in London in December.The rapid chess tournament (Rapid) was held in one round, time control - 25 minutes with the addition of 10 seconds for each move. For the victory in Rapid chess players were awarded two points, for a draw - one. On August 17-18, blitz competitions will be held, participants will receive five minutes per game with the addition of three seconds for each turn. In the blitz for the victory will be credited one point, for a draw - 0.5