Pawn star: How the ‘David Beckham of chess’ became a national hero By Sheena McKenzie, for CNN Updated 1333 GMT (2133 HKT) February 1, 2016 (CNN) When Levon Aronian walks down the street in his native Armenia he’s met by...
Aronian nominated for Candidates Tournament in Moscow
FIDE and Agon, its commercial partner, have announced that the Candidates Chess Tournament 2016 will be held in Moscow from March 10 to 30, 2016. The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by FIDE since 1950, as a...
Aronian: I would be happy to come back to Baku
LEVON ARONIAN: “I WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO BAKU.” After his match with the Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Areschenko, Levon Aronian has agreed to give a short interview to the Baku World Cup 2015 Press service. First of...
Aronian’s Big Comeback
Aronian’s Chess Comeback Lubomir Kavalek International Chess Grandmaster Posted: 09/03/2015 2:36 pm EDT Levon Aronian won the third Sinquefield Cup, the second leg of the recently established Grand Chess Tour. The top Armenian grandmaster finished a full point ahead...
Aronian wins Sinquefield Cup 2015 by a full point
Round 9 results GM Topalov, Veselin vs GM Aronian, Levon [1/2-1/2] GM Anand, Viswanathan vs GM Carlsen, Magnus [1/2-1/2] GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs GM Giri, Anish [1/2-1/2] GM Nakamura, Hikaru vs GM Grischuk, Alexander [1-0] GM Caruana, Fabiano vs...
Aronian leads Sinquefield Cup by a full point with 2 to go
Ranking crosstable after Round 7 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Aronian Levon 2765 ARM * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.0 3...
Carlsen & Aronian maintain Sinquefield Cup lead after 6
Round 6 results GM Aronian, Levon vs GM Carlsen, Magnus [1/2-1/2] GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs GM Topalov, Veselin [1-0] GM Giri, Anish vs GM Anand, Viswanathan [1/2-1/2] GM So, Wesley vs GM Nakamura, Hikaru [0-1] GM Grischuk, Alexander vs...
Sinquefield Cup leaders facing off in round 6
Photo by Ashwin Jayaram – Magnus playing basketball at Webster University Round 6 matchup: Aronian (3½) – Carlsen (3½) Vachier-Lagrave (2½) – Topalov (3) Giri (3) – Anand (1½) Grischuk (2) – Caruana (2) So (1½) – Nakamura (2½) Prediction?
Carlsen & Aronian lead Sinquefield Cup at the break
Ranking crosstable after round 5 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2853 NOR * 0 ½ 1 1 1 3.5 3 0.0 7.50...
Grenke Classic: Aronian v Carlsen, Caruana v Anand
Round 1 pairings GM Caruana, Fabiano vs GM Anand, Viswanathan GM Bacrot, Etienne vs GM Baramidze, DavidGM Aronian, Levon vs GM Carlsen, MagnusGM Adams, Michael vs GM Naiditsch, Arkadij http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/en Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar