March 19, Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Azerbaijani Vugar Gahsimov in the sixth round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Nice, France.

The results of the sixth round are as follows:

Dominges (Cuba)-Karjakin (Russia)-rapid 0:1, blind 0:1

Kramnik (Russia)-Smeets (Netherlands)-1:0, 0:1

Gelfand (Israel)-Carlsen (Norway)-0:1, 0:1

Grischuk (Russia)-Svidler (Russia)-0,5:0,5, 1:0

Gashimov (Azerbaijan)-Aronian (Armenia)-0,5:0,5 , 0:1

Ponomarjov (Ukraine)-Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-0,5:0,5 , 0,5:0,5

The standings are as follows: Carlsen-9 points, Ivanchuk-8.5, Grischuk, Gelfand, Kramnik-7 points each, Karjakin-6.5, Svidler-6, Gashimov, Ponomarjov-5.5 each, Aronian-5, Smeets-3and Dominges-2.

L.A.