Leading player of the Armenia chess team Levon Aronyan competed with white pieces with French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the first round of the Sinquefield Cup being held in Saint Louise, USA.
The game ended in a draw on the 25th move.
On August 18 Levon Aronyan’s opponent in the second round will be Dutch Anish Giri.
Aronyan was the winner of the tournament in 2018.
The winner will get $ 90.000.