Armenia’s chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian wins the FIDE Chess World Cup 2017 (held in Tbilisi, Georgia), by defeating his Chinese opponent Ding Liren during tie-break games. In the first game Levon started with an advantage and defeated Ding in 30 movies. In the second game Levon started with a clear disadvantage but was able to turn...
Levon Aronian Wins The Norway Chess Tournament With 0 Losses
Congratulations to Levon Aronian for winning the Altibox Norway Chess 2017 Tournament! Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian won the Norway Chess Tournament after 9 rounds without a single loss. After defeating world’s number 1 ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen with a brilliant game, Levon went on to defeat both Russia’s top players Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin....
Aronian Takes Sole Lead After Defeating Karjakin
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian is now the sole leader of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2017, after beautifully defeating Russia’s Sergey Karjakin in the 7th round. Aronian scores 5 points after his 3rd win in a row. Sergey Karjakin lost in the 41th move. Two more rounds remain! In the round 8 Aronian is playing against...
Levon Aronian crushes Vladimir Kramnik in Norway
In another brilliant game of chess, the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeats world’s 3rd ranked chess player Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in the ongoing chess super tournament in Norway’s Stavanger. Aronian was able to defeat Kramnik in the 34th move, after which the official twitter page of the tournament tweeted that: “Levon Aronian wins...
Levon Aronian beats Magnus Carlsen in “the game of the millennium”
The Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, worlds number 1 ranked chess player lost in his fourth game when he played against the Armenian Levon Aronian (ranked 6th) in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Norway. With a brilliant set up Aronian lured Carlsen into a trap by sacrificing his own pieces to force a mistake from...
Aronian Wins Alekhine Memorial Tournament
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has won a prestigious tournament held in Paris/St. Petersburg (France/Russia) in memory of the great chess champion Alexander Alekhine. In a separate development international chess’s governing body, FIDE, released the latest ratings of the world’s top players, ranking Aronian second (2813), just behind Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (2868) and ahead of Russia’s...
Armenia Defeats Hungary, Wins Gold at Chess Olympiad
STANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Armenia cemented its reputation as a chess superpower by winning gold at the Chess Olympiad, after defeating Hungary 2.5-1.5 in the final round. Sergei Movsesian was Armenia’s hero of the day. He secured the crucial victory against Hungary’s Zoltan Almasi. Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, and Gabriel Sargissian drew their games. China, Armenia,...
Aronian Wins Tournament in Holland
Yet another Chess victory for Armenia. Levon Aronian, the chess player currently ranked no. 2 in the world, won the first place at the prestigious Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). Aronian secured the first place with 9 points, a full point ahead of Carlsen, Taimur Radjabov (Azerbaijan), and Fabiano Caruana (Italy)....
