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LEVON ARONIAN'S NEXT OPPONENT IS PETER SVIDLER
09:36, 28 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS. Armenia's strongest chess player
Levon Aronian will compete with Peter Svidler in the 11th round of
the Candidates Tournament, which is being held in London.
As reports "Armenpress", after celebrating victory over Vassily
Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Levon Aronian particularly stated: "I know that
he plays open chess, and I decided to keep myself fresh."
Magnus Carlsen of Norway solely tops the ranking list of the tournament
after the 10th round. Carlsen has scored 7 points. Levon Aronian
occupies the second position with 6,5 points. Russia's Vladimir
Kramnik is the third with 6 points. Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, and
Alexander Grischuk have 4,5 points each. Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine
and Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov scored only 3,5 points and occupy
the final positions.
The FIDE Candidates Tournament launches in London. The world's eight
strongest chess players will compete with each other from March 15
to April 1. This is the final contest to determine the challenger for
the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates Tournament
will earn the right to a match for the World Championship against
the incumbent World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
Levon Aronian - Levon was born on 6 October, 1982. On the May
2012 FIDE list he had an Elo rating of 2908, making him number
three in the world. 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.
Peter Svidler - Peter Svidler was born on June 17, 1976. Peter is a
Russian chess Grandmaster. Svidler is 6-time Russian Champion (1994,
1995, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011). In 2001, he reached the semifinals of
the World Championship. Svidler won the Chess World Cup 2011, defeating
Grischuk in the finals 2½-1½. Svidler is a big fan of cricket.
09:36, 28 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS. Armenia's strongest chess player
Levon Aronian will compete with Peter Svidler in the 11th round of
the Candidates Tournament, which is being held in London.
As reports "Armenpress", after celebrating victory over Vassily
Ivanchuk of Ukraine, Levon Aronian particularly stated: "I know that
he plays open chess, and I decided to keep myself fresh."
Magnus Carlsen of Norway solely tops the ranking list of the tournament
after the 10th round. Carlsen has scored 7 points. Levon Aronian
occupies the second position with 6,5 points. Russia's Vladimir
Kramnik is the third with 6 points. Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, and
Alexander Grischuk have 4,5 points each. Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine
and Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov scored only 3,5 points and occupy
the final positions.
The FIDE Candidates Tournament launches in London. The world's eight
strongest chess players will compete with each other from March 15
to April 1. This is the final contest to determine the challenger for
the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates Tournament
will earn the right to a match for the World Championship against
the incumbent World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
Levon Aronian - Levon was born on 6 October, 1982. On the May
2012 FIDE list he had an Elo rating of 2908, making him number
three in the world. 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.
Peter Svidler - Peter Svidler was born on June 17, 1976. Peter is a
Russian chess Grandmaster. Svidler is 6-time Russian Champion (1994,
1995, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011). In 2001, he reached the semifinals of
the World Championship. Svidler won the Chess World Cup 2011, defeating
Grischuk in the finals 2½-1½. Svidler is a big fan of cricket.