Chess: Grandmaster Aronian to attend World Mind Games in Beijing

[Baghdasarian Karlen]

Xinhua General News Service, China
December 13, 2012 Thursday 1:18 AM EST


Armenian chess grandmaster Aronian to attend World Mind Games in Beijing

YEREVAN Armenia, Dec. 13


Armenia's three-time champion of Chess Olympics Levon Aronian will
participate in the Beijing International Chess Tournament to be held
from Dec. 14-19.

The Chess Federation of Armenia said Thursday that according to the
schedule of the World Mind Games, the chess tournament will be in
three formats - rapid, lightening and blitz. The tournament
participant list includes 16 the world' s strongest grandmasters.

Aronian's opponents will be Rajabov, Mamediarov (Azerbaijan) Karjakin,
Grishchuk, Morozevich (Russia), Nakamura, Kamsky (USA), Ivanchuk
(Ukraine), Topalov (Bulgaria), Leko (Hungary), Bologan (Moldova),
Jobava (Georgia), Wan Hao, Ding Liren (China) and Giri (the
Netherlands).

Armenia's top female grandmaster Elina Danielyan will in the women's
tournament with the same formats, where the world's 16 best female
grandmasters will be competing.


From: Baghdasarian