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LEVON ARONYAN PLAYED DRAW IN GRAND SLAM 1ST ROUND
00:33, 8 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, ARMENPRESS: The leader of the Armenian National
Chess Men team, the triple Olympic Chess Champion, the Grand Master
Levon Aronyan shared his point in the first round of the Grand Slam
6th tournament (Chess Masters Final) taking place on October 7-13
2013 in Bilbao, Spain. As reported by Armenpress, the opponent of
Levon Aronyan was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. On the 43rd move the chess
players shared points.
The tournament will have six rounds.
In the FIDE October rankings Levon Aronyan was on the third
horizontal. The Armenian Grand Master had 2795 points.
Earlier Armenpress reported that the game "Chess with Levon Aronyan",
developed by the Armenian programmers, is ready. The game is based
on the moves of Levon Aronyan's games, which make the game closer
to the Grand Master's style. The player selects the age of Aronyan
to play with. According to the programmers, the game presents Levon
Aronyan at the age from 10 to 31. During the game the participant is
provided with the opportunity to select one of the six chess boards
and the color of the figures - black or white. The game "Chess with
Levon Aronyan" has been designed for iPhones and iPods.
Aronyan 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, where he was knocked out in the first round. He was also World
Chess960 Champion in 2006 and 2007, World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009,
and World Blitz Chess Champion in 2010.
Aronyan was declared the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was
awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sport of the Republic of
Armenia" in 2009.
Aronyan was born on 6 October 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia. He was taught
to play chess by his sister Lilit at the age of nine. His first coach
was the Grand Master Melikset Khachiyan. An early sign of his ability
came when he won the 1994 World Youth Chess Championship (under-12)
in Szeged with 8/9, ahead of future luminaries Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan
Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, and Alexander Grischuk.
Aronyan holds a diploma from the Armenian State Institute of Physical
Culture.
Aronyan played for Armenia in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004,
2006, 2008, and 2010. He took team bronze medal in 2004 and team
gold medal in 2006, 2008 and 2012. In the 2010 Chess Olympiad he won
the silver medal for his individual performance on board one. He was
a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World Team
Chess Championship in 2011.
© 2009 ARMENPRESS.am
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/735751/levon-aronyan-played-draw-in-grand-slam-1st-round.html
00:33, 8 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, ARMENPRESS: The leader of the Armenian National
Chess Men team, the triple Olympic Chess Champion, the Grand Master
Levon Aronyan shared his point in the first round of the Grand Slam
6th tournament (Chess Masters Final) taking place on October 7-13
2013 in Bilbao, Spain. As reported by Armenpress, the opponent of
Levon Aronyan was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. On the 43rd move the chess
players shared points.
The tournament will have six rounds.
In the FIDE October rankings Levon Aronyan was on the third
horizontal. The Armenian Grand Master had 2795 points.
Earlier Armenpress reported that the game "Chess with Levon Aronyan",
developed by the Armenian programmers, is ready. The game is based
on the moves of Levon Aronyan's games, which make the game closer
to the Grand Master's style. The player selects the age of Aronyan
to play with. According to the programmers, the game presents Levon
Aronyan at the age from 10 to 31. During the game the participant is
provided with the opportunity to select one of the six chess boards
and the color of the figures - black or white. The game "Chess with
Levon Aronyan" has been designed for iPhones and iPods.
Aronyan 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, where he was knocked out in the first round. He was also World
Chess960 Champion in 2006 and 2007, World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009,
and World Blitz Chess Champion in 2010.
Aronyan was declared the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was
awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sport of the Republic of
Armenia" in 2009.
Aronyan was born on 6 October 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia. He was taught
to play chess by his sister Lilit at the age of nine. His first coach
was the Grand Master Melikset Khachiyan. An early sign of his ability
came when he won the 1994 World Youth Chess Championship (under-12)
in Szeged with 8/9, ahead of future luminaries Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan
Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, and Alexander Grischuk.
Aronyan holds a diploma from the Armenian State Institute of Physical
Culture.
Aronyan played for Armenia in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004,
2006, 2008, and 2010. He took team bronze medal in 2004 and team
gold medal in 2006, 2008 and 2012. In the 2010 Chess Olympiad he won
the silver medal for his individual performance on board one. He was
a member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the World Team
Chess Championship in 2011.
© 2009 ARMENPRESS.am
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/735751/levon-aronyan-played-draw-in-grand-slam-1st-round.html