Levon Aronian (USA), the former leader of the Armenian national chess team, reached the final of the America's Cup held in St Louis, USA.
The Armenian grandmaster knocked out Armenian-American Samuel Sevian (4:2) in the quarter-finals and defeated American Fabiano Caruana 4:2 in the semi-finals. Aronian won two lightning-fast playoff games.
Aronian's opponent in the final will be Ray Robson, who eliminated Wesley So.
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