YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The leader of the Armenian men’s chess team Levon Aronian shared a point at the Saint Louis tournament. Levon Aronian faced with Hikaru Nakamura representing the United States in the sixth round of this major chess tournament. Aronian played with the blacks and the GMs peacefully shared a point on the 45th move.

In the next round of the tournament, the Armenian GM will have to face with Veselin Topalov. After the six rounds Fabiano Caruana tops the ranking list of the tournament. He has 6 points in his active.

Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen returns to Saint Louis to defend his crown at the second annual Sinquefield Cup, scheduled to be held August 27 through September 7.

Last year's event was the strongest chess tournament ever held on U.S. soil. This year, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is bringing the strongest tournament in the history of chess. Six of the top nine players in the world compete in a 10-round, double round robin for the $100,000 top prize and the right to hoist the coveted Sinquefield Cup.

The 2014 installment of the Sinquefield Cup once again features live play-by-play and analysis from three different teams of grandmaster commentators. Spectators have the option to watch the players in the tournament hall or to enjoy commentary at Lester’s sports bar, adjacent to the club, and also to the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), located directly across the street.

Levon Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the May 2012 FIDE list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2825, making him the third highest rated player in history.

Aronian 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.