Beijing: Aronian defeated by Karjakin

GM Levon Aronian was defeated by Russia’s Sergey Karjakin in Round 2 of the Basque system chess tournament kicked off Tuesday within the framework of the World Mind Games in Beijing. The first game ended in a draw, while the second brought victory to the Russian player.
Aronian has 2.5 points after two rounds, while Karjakin tops the standings with 3.5

Karjakin leads unusual form of chess at World Mind Games

Beijing: Aronian’s first-day results
December 17, 2013

The first day of the Basque system chess tournament wrapped Tuesday within the framework of the World Mind Games being held in Chinese capital city Beijing.

In his first and second matches in Round 3, Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian—who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the previous World Team Chess champions, Armenia, and who is ranked second in the FIDE ratings—played draws with GM Alexander Grischuk (Russia).

Mind Games Day 5: Yifan, Karjakin gold

In two close blitz tournaments the final results came to the very last round. In the men's section Aronian and Karjakin tied at the top, but the Russian edged his opponent out on tiebreaks as he had bested the Armenian in the individual encounter. In the Women's section Gunina could have won if she defeated Hou Yifan in the last round, but she blundered and lost. Analysis of a blitz game!