21:10  ,  September 21, 2017

World Chess Cup: Armenia’s Aronian reaches finals

Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian (Armenia) defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 5-4 Thursday and reached the finals of the 2017 FIDE World Chess Cup being held in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia.

Aside from advancing to the final of the 2017 FIDE World Chess Cup, the finalists will also be eligible to compete in the Candidates Tournament, which will be held in the German capital city of Berlin in March 2018, to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

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