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YEREVAN, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS: 9th tour of World Championship Candidates Tournament launched in London. Number one grandmaster of Armenia Levon Aronian is competing with Boris Gelfand.
On March 25 Vladimir Kramnik is playing with Magnus Carlsen; their first game ended in a draw.
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates earns the right to a match for the World Championship against the incumbent World Champion.