ArmInfo. Leader of the Armenian chess team Levon Aronian defeated the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen at the fast chess tournament in St. Louis Grand Chess Tour (GCT). In the fourth round, Aronian tied with the Chinese Ding Liren.
Aronian with 9 points (2 points are given for a victory, 1 point for a tie) is the leader in the tournament. In the first round, Aronyan defeated French chess player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the second - Russian Sergey Karjakin, in the third - Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. In the 6th round, Leinier Dominguez will become Aronian's rival. After 9 rounds of fast chess, 18 rounds of blitz will take place. The tournament will end on August 15th.