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  • Re: Chess Superpower

    He has as many points as Gelfand so why is he in second place? Did he lose to him head to head?
    Hayastan or Bust.

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    • Re: Chess Superpower

      Aronian took the first prize (30,000 EUR).

      Originally in the official website; http://online.russiachess.org/ Gelfand was the first, but later on they changed it. Glad to know.

      Alexandre Alekhine Memorial

      First part took place in
      Louvre Museum, Paris, France
      April 21-25, 2013

      And the second part took place in
      State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
      April 28 - May 1, 2013


      Final Standings after 9 rounds

      1. Aronian Levon 5½
      2. Gelfand Boris 5½
      3. Anand Viswanathan 5
      4. Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 4½
      5. Kramink Vladimir 4½

      etc.
      ...

      Bravo Aronian!!!
      Last edited by gegev; 05-01-2013, 09:11 AM.

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      • Re: Chess Superpower

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        Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
        Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
        Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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        • Re: Chess Superpower

          Armenia's Aronian overtakes Russia's Kramnik

          October 12, 2013


          Armenian Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian passed GM Vladimir Kramnik
          (Russia) and jumped to second place in the current Live Chess Ratings.

          Aronian, who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad
          champion Armenian national team, achieved this accomplishment owing to
          his successful performances at the Bilbao Chess Masters Final - also
          called the Grand Slam Chess Final - being held in Spain. GM Magnus
          Carlsen (Norway) tops the ratings.

          To note, Levon Aronian defeated GM Michael Adams (England) in Round 5
          of the Grand Slam Chess Final and, as a result, he is the one-man
          leader of this tournament.

          NEWS.am Sport
          Hayastan or Bust.

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          • Re: Chess Superpower

            ARMENIA GOT A WONDERFUL WEEK: LEVON ARONYAN

            10:15, 14 October, 2013

            YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS: The leader of the Armenian National
            Chess Men team Levon Aronyan touched upon the latest sports events
            taking place in Armenia and the birthday anniversary of Yerevan.

            Armenpress reports that Aronyan wrote in his official Twitter page:
            "What a wonderful week it was for Armenia. I won in the Grand Slam
            tournament, the Armenian national football team won and our capital
            Yerevan has become 2975 years old".

            The Armenian chess player was taking part in the Grand Slam 6th
            tournament (Chess Masters Final) taking place on October 7-13 2013
            in Bilbao, Spain. He got 10 points and become the winner of the
            tournament.

            In the FIDE October rankings Levon Aronyan was on the third
            horizontal. The Armenian Grand Master had 2795 points.

            Aronyan was born on 6 October 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia. 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 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 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 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

            YEREVAN, OCTOBER 14, ARMENPRESS: The leader of the Armenian National Chess Men team Levon Aronyan touched upon the latest sports events taking place in Armenia and the birthday anniversary of Yerevan. Armenpress reports that Aronyan wrote in his official Twitter page: “What a wonderful week it was for Armenia. I won in the Grand Slam tournament, the Armenian national football team won and our capital Yerevan has become 2975 years old”.
            Hayastan or Bust.

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            • Re: Chess Superpower

              2013 European Team Chess Championship
              After 6 Rounds

              Armenia Mens Team DWWLWW is in 4th place out 38 teams Next Match Russia

              Armenia Womens Team WWWLDW is in 2nd place out of 32 teams Next Match Poland


              Armenian National Chess Team. Отметки "Нравится": 725. 2011 World Team Champion (Men) | 2007 European Team Bronze (Women)

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                Day 7 of the 2013 European Team Chess Championship

                Armenian Men's Team DWWLWWW
                2.5-1.5 winner over Russia

                Armenian Women's Team WWWLDWW
                3.0-1.0 winner over Poland

                After 7 rounds, men are in 3rd place, women are in 2nd place

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                • Re: Chess Superpower

                  European Team Chess Championship - 2013.
                  Last match is with the Arthakh war losers.


                  After 8 Rounds (out of 9)

                  Men Team Standings


                  1 FRANCE 13
                  2 AZERBA. 13
                  3 ARMENIA 12
                  4 RUSSIA 11
                  5 GREECE 10
                  6 CZECH REPUBLIC 10
                  7 HUNGARY 10
                  8 GEORGIA 10
                  9 England 10
                  10 Belarus 10
                  ...
                  Etc.

                  38 countries in total.
                  Last edited by gegev; 11-16-2013, 12:44 PM.

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                  • Re: Chess Superpower

                    76th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 10 - 26 January 2014
                    in Wijk aan Zee.


                    Standings after round 4


                    1. Aronian, Levon 3
                    2. Harikrishna, Pentala 2½
                    3. Karjakin, Sergey 2½
                    4. So, Wesley 2½
                    5. Giri, Anish 2½
                    6. Dominguez Perez 2
                    ....
                    12. Gelfand, Boris 1
                    Last edited by gegev; 01-15-2014, 06:38 PM.

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                    • Re: Chess Superpower

                      76th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 10 - 26 January 2014
                      in Wijk aan Zee.


                      Standings after round 5


                      1. Aronian, Levon 4
                      2. Giri, Anish 3½
                      3. So, Wesley 3½
                      4. Dominguez Perez 3
                      5. Caruana, Fabiano 3
                      6. Karjakin, Sergey 3
                      7. Harikrishna, Pentala 2½
                      8. Nakamura, Hikaru 2½
                      9. Van Wely, Loek 1½
                      10. Rapport, Richard 1½
                      11. Naiditsch, Arkadij 1
                      12. Gelfand, Boris 1

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