Aronian beats World Champion Anand

World Champion Anand faltered against Aronian in a Meran game. Anand probably used his World Championship preparation, but the complicated middle game meant that both parties had chances. Anand overlooked an exchange sacrifice to give Aronian the advance.

The game was a bit comical since at one time Aronian had 6 pawns for a Bishop, which he duly converted to a win.



In other games, Grischuk beat Wang Yue of China. The other two games were drawn.