Another big success of Levon Aronian

Armenian GM Levon Aronian won against tournament leader GM Peter Leko is the last round of Morelia/Linares to grab a clean first place. This is his 2nd great result after winning World Chess Cup in December. Francisco Vallejo Pons forced a draw against World Champion Veselin Topalov holding him off on the 2nd place tie.


Final standings:
1. Levon Aronian (ARM 2752) 8.5
2-3. Veselin Topalov (BUL 2801) and Teimour Radjabov (AZE 2700) 8.0
4. Peter Leko (HUN 2740) 7.5
5-6. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) and Peter Svidler (RUS 2765) 6.5
7. Etienne Bacrot (FRA 2717) 6.0
8. Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP 2650) 5.0


Peter Leko 2740 - Levon Aronian 2752
Morelia/Linares
Round 14
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. h3 Ng8 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. Ba4 fxe4 18. Bxc6 exf3 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf3 Ng6 21. Bg4 Nf4 22. Ra2 Qb7 23. Bf3 Qb3 24. Rc2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Bc6 Rb3 28. g3 g5 29. Re3 Ra3 30. Be4 Rxa5 31. g4 Bd5 32. f3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rff1 35. Ree2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rag1+ 38. Rg2 Re1 39. Rgf2 Re3+ 40. Kg2 Rexh3 0-1


Francisco Vallejo Pons 2650 - Veselin Topalov 2801
Morelia/Linares
Round 14
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nc6 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. f4 Qd2 21. e5 fxe5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rf3 Rd3 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 draw