 And for the 1952 qualification situation with Kotov, referred to by Bronstein, Aronin had finished with 9/17 in the 1951 Championship, the Soviet qualifying event for the 1952 Interzonal, while Kotov had 8/17 in that event.Several players who had finished ahead of Aronin in that 1951 event were otherwise exempt past the 1952 Interzonal stage