Chess World Cup Baku: Armenia’s Aronian bids farewell to tournament

17:01   16 September, 2015

Armenian chess Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian has ended his campaign at the Chess World Cup 2015, which is held in the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku.

Aronian’s 1/32-final against GM Alexander Areshchenko (Ukraine) had gone to a tiebreak where, however, Armenia’s top GM was defeated.

Levon Aronian was Armenia’s last representative who was still in the competition.
The Chess World Cup 2015, which is a single-elimination tournament, will end on October 5.

The total prize money of this event is US$1.6 million.

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