Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian drew with Spanish chess player Francisco Vallejo Pons in the annual Linares chess tournament held on February 12-25. In the first round Armenian sportsman got a draw with Alexander Grischuk.

Bulgarian Veselin Topalov who presently tops the standings with 1.5 points will face Aronian in the third round.

The standings after second round: Veselin Topalov, Alexander Grischuk- 1.5 points each, Levon Aronian, Francisco Vallejo Pons – 1 point each, Vugar Gashimov and Boris Gelfand – 0.5 each.

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