10:10  ,  September 11, 2021

Champions Showdown: Armenia’s Levon Aronian takes 7th place

Levon Aronian (Armenia) placed seventh, with 4 points out of 9, in the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX tournament that ended in St. Louis, USA.

In the last two rounds, the Armenian chess grandmaster played a draw with Sam Shankland (USA) and lost to Leinier Dominguez (USA), who took the first place, with 6 points.

The prize fund of this chess competition is $150 thousand, and the winner will receive $37,500.

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