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YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS: In 11th tour of World Championship Candidates Tournament number one grandmaster of Armenia Levon Aronian is competing with Peter Svidler.
As reports Armenpress, in a result of 10 tours, having 7 points Magnus Carlsen is the leader of the tournament table. Levon Aronian comes second having 6,5 points. Boris Gelfand, Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler are entering the 11th tour with 4,5 points. Teimour Radjabov and Vassily Ivanchuk earned 3,5 points.
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.