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Aug 19 2017


Armenia's Levon Aronian wins Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

Author Floyd Cook

19 August, 2017

The 15-time world champ temporarily came out of 12 years of retirement to take on a much younger generation of masters at the Rapid and Blitz tournament in St. Louis, Missouri.

Vietnamese top chess player Le Quang Liem lost to legendary chess player Russian-Croatian Garry Kasparov in the rapid category at the ongoing St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the United States on August 16.


Aronian secured a first place finish in the tournament with a combined score of 24.5 points. Sergey Karjakin (Russia) became the victor of the Blitz competition 13․5 points, with Levon Aronian taking the second place with 12․5 points.

Anand and Kasparov are by far the oldest two players in the 150000 Dollars prize money event and both would like to finish on a positive note.

On the other hand, Kasparov started the day with a loss against Karjakin, but in the remaining rounds, scored over Perez, Nakamura and Caruana and drew against the rest.

The mind, it is precisely this that is failed to Garry Kasparov, who has yet attempted in the course of the tournament to intensify their aggressiveness. Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 16); 4.
Two points for awarded for a win in rapid format, one for a draw and none for a loss. Ian Nepomniachtchi (10 + 10) 20; 5-7.

http://appsforpcdaily.com/2017/08/armenia-39-s-levon-aronian-wins-saint-louis-rapid-blitz/

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[Mher]

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armenia’s levon aronian celebrates victory over azerbaijani gm

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/787718/armenia%E2%80%99s-levon-aronian-celebrates-victory-over-azerbaijani-gm.html

[Mher]

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13-Mar-2014 --- 31-Mar-2014
FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament.

Standings after round 7 (Seven rounds left)

1 Anand Viswanathan 4½
2 Aronian Levon 4½
3 Kramnik Vladimir 4
4 Svidler Peter 3½
5 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 3
6 Andreikin Dmitry 3
7 Topalov Veselin 3
8 Karjakin Sergey 2½

Congratulations!!!

nice to see you post again gegev jan. hope to see it continue. there's nothing more valuable than hearing from our compatriots currently living in armenia. Great comeback! he lost round one to Anand, but since then he has scored 3Ws and 3Ds. Round 8 will be against Anand again. If either of them wins that round, they will likely win the whole thing.

[gegev]

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13-Mar-2014 --- 31-Mar-2014
FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament.

Standings after round 7 (Seven rounds left)

1 Anand Viswanathan 4½
2 Aronian Levon 4½
3 Kramnik Vladimir 4
4 Svidler Peter 3½
5 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 3
6 Andreikin Dmitry 3
7 Topalov Veselin 3
8 Karjakin Sergey 2½

Congratulations!!!

[Mher]

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Confused.
In one article it states Aronian won 1st place in Tata Steel tournament. In another article it states Magnesen won 1st place?
Any one clarify?
Thanks
Artashes

No Aronian definitely was the winner. Here is a good article about the implications of the win:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/24/levon-aronian-tata-steel-wijk

It seems like Carlsen didn't participate in this tournament since there is no mention of him in any of the articles I saw about the competition. If Aronian continues this form, he'll have a chance to take on Carlsen world the world number 1. It'll be great to see. As well as our national team has performed, chess is an individual performance sport, and our profile will be increased that much more if the worlds number 1 is Armenian. Moreover, it'll make the decision to make Azerbaijan host of some major competitions in the coming years that much more ridiculous.

[Artashes]

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Confused.
In one article it states Aronian won 1st place in Tata Steel tournament. In another article it states Magnesen won 1st place?
Any one clarify?
Thanks
Artashes

[gegev]

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No chance they can catch Levon now, right?

Yes indeed!
This is one of the matches (most important one) for getting qualified for coming individual Chess Championship; to play with Magnus Karlson.

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

Standings after round 10 (1 round left)

1. Aronian, Levon 8
2. Giri, Anish 6
3. Karjakin, Sergey 6
4. Harikrishna, Pentala 5½
5. Caruana, Fabiano 5½
6. Dominguez Perez, Leinier 5½
7. So, Wesley 5½
8. Nakamura, Hikaru 4½
9. Van Wely, Loek 4
10. Rapport, Richard 3½
11. Gelfand, Boris 3½
12. Naiditsch, Arkadij 2½

[Eddo211]

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No chance they can catch Levon now, right?

[gegev]

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

Standings after round 9 (2 rounds left)

1. Aronian, Levon 7
2. Giri, Anish 5½
3. Caruana, Fabiano 5½
4. Dominguez Perez, Leinier 5½
5. Karjakin, Sergey 5½
6. Harikrishna, Pentala 5
7. So, Wesley 5
8. Van Wely, Loek 4
9. Rapport, Richard 3½
10. Nakamura, Hikaru 3½
11. Gelfand, Boris 2½
12. Naiditsch, Arkadij 1½

Bravo Aronian!!!

[gegev]

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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