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Anish Giri vs Levon Aronian, Grand Chess Tour Your Next Move, Leuven, 2018

Anish Giri vs Levon Aronian

Grand Chess Tour Your Next Move, Leuven, 2018

The Grand Chess Tour 2018 is a series of five rapid and blitz tournaments where the world’s elite (mainly the top ten) compete for a $1.2 million prize fund. Wesley So won the opening event in Leuven in Belgium.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4

Aronian is probably the world’s leading ...