November 7, 2009 - 20:02 AMT
Levon Aronian scores his first victory at Tal Memorial
The third round of the Mikhail Tal Memorial, underway in Moscow, became success for the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian . Playing White, Aronian was able to defeat Peter Leko (Hungary) and now has 2 points in the asset.

In the third round Viswanathan Anand (India), who shares shares 1-2 places with Aronian, won a victory over his rival Peter Svidler (Russia).

Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) played a draw.

The following parties are underway:

Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)

Alexander Morozevich (Russia) - Vladimir Kramnik (Russia).