YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, ARMENPRESS:  The leader of the Armenian national chess men’s team Levon Aronian held the third place in the Rapid Chess Tournament of Zurich.

Rapid chess games were held on the last day of the special tournament of Zurich. In the first round Aronian defeated Vishy Anand, then exceeded world acting champion Magnus Carlsen. In the third round the Armenian Grandmaster played with blacks and shared the point with Boris Gelfand. In the round with the strongest chess player of the USA Hikaru Nakamura Aronian was defeated. In the last round he shared the point with Fabiano Caruana.

Levon Aronian gained 3 points in the Rapid Chess Tournament and held the third place. Italian Fabiano Caruana is in the first place with 4 points. Hikaru Nakamura holds the second place with 3.5 points.