Armenia’s Aronian competes in Grand Chess Tour next stage
13:15 29 June, 2017Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian (Armenia) is participating in the Grand Chess Tour next round, which is held from Wednesday to Sunday in Leuven, Belgium.
In this tournament, ten GMs will play one rapid and two blitz chess rounds, informed the Chess Federation of Armenia.
On the first day of the rapid chess event on Wednesday, Aronian—who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the former World Team Chess champions Armenia—lost to reining World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway), and GM Anish Giri (Netherlands), but defeated GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia).
Thursday’s second day of competition will get underway at 4pm Armenia time.
© 2024 NEWS.am - Sport
The copyright for information published on this web site is owned exclusively by Armenian News-NEWS.am information-analytical agency. All information materials published on this website are intended solely for personal use. For full or partial reproduction of any material in other media it is required to acquire written permission from Armenian News-NEWS.am information-analytical agency. Those, who have committed copyright violations, will be prosecuted accordingly.