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Levon Aronian to face Pentala Harikrishna in Wijk aan Zee

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As always, chess year kicks off with Tata Steel Masters tournament, which is held in the city of Wijk aan Zee. This year the organizers gathered a rather strong team. The list of participants is headed by current World Champion Magnus Carlsen. The list is followed by American Wesley So and world vice-champion Sergey Karyakin. The fourth chess player by rating is our strongest chess player Levon Aronian. 14 chess players are taking part in the tournament. According to the rating it is of the 21st category, so very interesting and tense struggle is expected. Today in the first round Levon Aronian will face Pentala Harikrishna. Levon Aronian will play with black pieces. Indian GM is one of the inappropriate rivals for our leader. Levon Aronian in classic chess faced him for 5 times and only won one game six years ago. The last four chess games ended in a draw.