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Levon Aronian occupies 2nd position in FIDE ranking list
15:06, 16 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS. The strongest chess player of Armenia
Levon Aronian improved his positions in the FIDE ranking list. As
reports "Armenpress" Aronian climbed up to the second position and
currently he has 2809,3 points. Magnus Carlsen tops the list. The
Norwegian Chess Grand Master has 2871,1 points. Vladimir Kramnik
occupied the third position with 2799,9 points. Teimour Radjabov,
Sergey Karyakin, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura,
and Alexander Grischuk have also been included in the top ten.
Levon was born on 6 October, 1982. Aronian won the Chess World Cup
2005. He led the Armenian national team to the Gold medals in the 2006
(Turin), 2008 (Dresden) and 2012 (Istanbul) Chess Olympics and at the
World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo 2011. He won the FIDE Grand
Prix 2008-2010, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the
World Chess Championship 2012. He was also World Chess960 Champion in
2006 and 2007, World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009, and World Blitz
Chess Champion in 2010. Aronian was declared the best sportsman of
Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport
of the Republic of Armenia" in 2009.
From: Baghdasarian
15:06, 16 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS. The strongest chess player of Armenia
Levon Aronian improved his positions in the FIDE ranking list. As
reports "Armenpress" Aronian climbed up to the second position and
currently he has 2809,3 points. Magnus Carlsen tops the list. The
Norwegian Chess Grand Master has 2871,1 points. Vladimir Kramnik
occupied the third position with 2799,9 points. Teimour Radjabov,
Sergey Karyakin, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura,
and Alexander Grischuk have also been included in the top ten.
Levon was born on 6 October, 1982. Aronian won the Chess World Cup
2005. He led the Armenian national team to the Gold medals in the 2006
(Turin), 2008 (Dresden) and 2012 (Istanbul) Chess Olympics and at the
World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo 2011. He won the FIDE Grand
Prix 2008-2010, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the
World Chess Championship 2012. He was also World Chess960 Champion in
2006 and 2007, World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009, and World Blitz
Chess Champion in 2010. Aronian was declared the best sportsman of
Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport
of the Republic of Armenia" in 2009.
From: Baghdasarian