YEREVAN (Aysor.am), March 15–Armenia’s Grand Master Levon Aronian won over Sergei Kariakin in a “rapid” round of the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, being held in Nice. However, Aronian fixed a poor start in “rapid” and “blind” sets with Magnus Carlsen. After Round II held on Sunday, Levon Aronian with a point seeded eights [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 25—The Armenian GM Levon Aronyan took third place in the chess super-tournament in Linares (Spain) that ended on Thursday, reports the official website of the tournament. In the last 10th round Aronyan, playing with the white pieces, defeated Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) and had his first victory in the tournament. The other nine [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am) – Armenia’s national team celebrated a victory against the US team at the World Team Chess Championship, who until yesterday had been in the lead thanks to their star player, Hikaru Nakamura. In the first board Nakamura gained 5.5 points out of a possible 6. It was this chess grandmaster that Armenia’s Levon Aronian [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am)–In the 7th round of the World Team Chess Championship held in the Turkish city of Bursa yesterday, Armenia played against the team having the highest ratings–Russia. After an unexpected defeat with Greece (1-3), a victory was necessary for Armenia to regain its position. Armenia was near a victory when Vladimir Akopian beat Alexander [...]