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    Once Again Bloody Armenians Win World Chess Cup

    Once Again Bloody Armenians Win World Chess Cup

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    Aronian wins World Chess Cup

    December 17, 2005 22:00 IST


    Former World junior champion Levon Aronian of Armenia comprehensively defeated former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine 2-0 in the tie-break games of the final to annex the World Chess Cup that concluded in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Saturday.

    Winning both the games under rapid time control, Aronian stamped his authority on the event and remained the only contestant in this long seven-round grind undefeated.

    The superiority of the Armenian can be gauged by the simple fact that he was stretched to the tie-breaker only twice -- once in round four against Spanish hope Francisco Vallejo Pons and next in the finals against Ponomariov.

    Besides, Aronian won all the two mini-matches under normal time control games. The success rate of the Armenian was phenomenal as he won as many as seven out of 14 games under normal time control and drew the remaining.

    In the rapid tie-break games, Aronian scored 3.5/4 overall.

    The highest rated Armenian ever went home richer by US $80,000 (Appr. Rs 36 lakhs) for his exploits.

    Ponomariov, the youngest ever World champion after his triumph in the Moscow World Championship of 2001-2002, had to be content with second place and got US $ 54,000 for his efforts.

    Aronian was in his elements and showed tremendous character and will in what many described as the battle of nerves.

    Playing white in the first game, Aronian, having drawn both the games under normal time control, went for complexities in quick time in the Tartakower variation of the Queen's Gambit declined and won a piece after Ponomariov made a blunder on his 12th turn. The rest was a child's play for Aronian, who wrapped the issue in 73 moves, handling the technicalities in perfect fashion.

    In the return game the onus was on Ponomariov to perform but the Ukrainian crumbled under pressure from the white side of a Ruy Lopez. Aronian kept his cool during the course of this match and digested an early pawn sacrifice by Ponomariov quite easily.

    The transition to endgame spelt doom for Ponomariov as he lost control and Aronian romped home after 51 moves.

    The third place went to Etienne Bacrot of France who had beaten Alexander Grischuk of Russia in the play-off for the third spot. Grischuk finished fourth.

    In other matches of the final round, Boris Gelfand of Israel lost to Evgeny Bareev of Russia also in the rapid tie-breaker.

    Gelfand suffered a shock defeat as white in the first game of tie-break and could not recover in the next to finish sixth overall while the fifth place went to Bareev.

    The seventh place went to Sergei Rublevsky who had earlier handed Belgian Mikhail Gurevich a 1.5-0.5 defeat.

    For the ninth place play-off, all eyes were on Norwegian wonder boy Magnus Carlsen but he was outdone by Russian-turned American Gata Kamsky. Like Aronian, Kamsky also won both games in the tie-break.

    The event that basically started off as a qualification event for the next world championship match tournament cycle had 128 players to begin with and after the third round they were reduced to 16 to decide the placing in perfect order. As per rules, the top ten from here qualify to the Candidate stage.

    Results (final): Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr) lost to Levon Aronian 1-3.

    3-4 places: Etienne Bacrot (Fra) beat Alexander Grischuk (Rus) 2.5-1.5

    5-6 places: Boris Gelfand (Isr) lost to Evgeny Bareev (Rus) 1.5-2.5

    7-8 places: Sergei Rublevsky (Rus) beat Mikhail Gurevich (Bel) 1.5-0.5

    9-10 places: Magnus Carlsen (Nor) lost to Gata Kamsky (USA) 1-3

    11-12 places: Vladimir Malakhov (Rus) beat Francisco Vallejo Pons (Esp) 1.5-0.5

    13-14 places: Loek Van Wely (Ned) lost to Alexey Dreev (Rus) 1.5-2.5

    15-16 places: Konstantin Sakaev (Rus) lost to Joel Lautier (Fra) 3.5 - 3.5 (Lautier won the match by virtue of drawing the sudden death game as black).


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  • #2
    Bravo!

    (The post needs to be cleaned up a little, though)

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    • #3
      Go Levon!!!!!! Well done
      General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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      • #4
        Aronyan Beat The Azeri Chess Player

        ARONYAN BEAT THE AZERI CHESS PLAYER
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        Source: a1+
        Place: yerevan
        Date: 21.2.2006

        A chess tournament has started in Linares in which eight experienced grand masters are playing, including the World Cup winner Levon Aronyan. The Armenian chess player met the Azeri player Temur Rajabov in the first round and beat him. This is the second time the Aronyan has beaten and Azeri chess player this year. The first was in January when Levon beat Mamedyarov in the Veyk an Zee tournament.

        In the second round Levon lost the game to Vasiliy Ivanchuk from Ukraine. In the third Aronyan will play with the world champion Veselin Topalov.
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        AZERBAIJAN CANNOT PUT UP WITH THE UEFA DECISION

        Although the UEFA has announced many times that the football matches between Armenia and Azerbaijan must take place in Baku and Yerevan, the Azeri side keeps claiming that it is impossible.

        In particular, the Azeri Minister of Sport and Culture Azad Radimov announced that the Armenians are their enemy and that they cannot play with them in Baku. «We cannot allow the Azeri children to take the hands of the Armenian football players and to come to the field. The Armenian side wants to play in Armenia and Azerbaijan, but we will do everything to organize the matches on a neutral field».

        By the way, if Azerbaijan refuses to play in Baku, according to the UEFA legislation, they will be registered to have lost the game 0:3
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        "All truth passes through three stages:
        First, it is ridiculed;
        Second, it is violently opposed; and
        Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

        Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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        • #5
          Just goes to show our AMAZING Armenian skills

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          • #6
            Levon Aronyan ` winner of the Linares Super Chess Tournament

            Armradio
            12.03.2006 15:09








            Levon Aronyan won the Super Chess Tournament, featuring eight leading
            Grand Masters of the world held in the Spanish city of Linares. In the
            last round Levon Aronyan defeated Peter Leko of Hungary, who was
            leading during the whole course of the tornament. Thus, gaining 8.5
            points, Levon Aronyan headed the list of the Super Tournament. As it
            is known, up until the last round four chess players were applying for
            victory. However, in the last round all of the four players played a
            draw. In the result, our compatriot, 23 year-old Levon Aronyan
            achieved his second greatest victory.

            To remind, earlier Levon Aronyan had become FIDE World Cup holder in
            Khanti-Mansiysk city of Russia. We congratulate Levon Aronyan and
            believe that this is one of his recurrent victories, not the last one.
            "All truth passes through three stages:
            First, it is ridiculed;
            Second, it is violently opposed; and
            Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

            Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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            • #7
              LEVON ARONIAN WINS LINARES CHESS TOURNAMENT

              Armenpress
              Mar 13 2006

              YEREVAN, MARCH 13, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian grandmaster Levon
              Aronian won the elite tournament in Linares, Spain, on Saturday,
              after Hungary's Peter Leko faltered and lost the last two games.

              The final standings in Linares: Aronian 8 1/2 points in 14 games,
              Veselin Topalov and Teimur Radjabov 8 points, Leko 7 1/2 points, Peter
              Svidler and Vassily Ivanchuk 6 1/2 points, Etienne Bacrot 6 points,
              Francisco Vallejo Pons 5 points. Aronian will now travel to Monaco
              to participate in a big new event, the 5th Amber Rapid and Blindfold
              Chess Tournament at the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel from March 18-30.
              General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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