In the 7th round of the online “Chess 9LX” tournament of Chess960 (Fischer chess), Armenia’s leading chess player Levon Aronian, playing with the white pieces, faced the 13th world champion, 57-year-old Russian Garry Kasparov, who retired from professional chess in 2005. On the 48th move, the grandmasters agreed to a draw.
Levon Aronian shares first place with world champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, with 5 points each. Carlsen defeated Russian Peter Svidler in the 7th round.
In the previous 6 rounds, Aronian had drawn with Americans Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, and defeated Iranian Alireza Firouzja, Russian Peter Svidler and US representative Leinier Dominguez.
In the final 2 rounds, Aronian’s opponents will be Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Magnus Carlsen.
The prize fund is 150 thousand US dollars.
