Levon Aronyan scored confident victory in chess tournament in blitz and speed in St. Louis
ArmInfo.Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored a confident victory in the chess tournament in blitz and speed in St. Louis, gaining 24.5 points out of 36 possible.
Second place was shared by Russian Sergey Karyakin and American Hikaru Nakamura with 21.5 points. Jan Nepomnyashchy became the fourth with 20 points. Garry Kasparov took eighth place with 16 points.
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.