YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS. Armenian chess player Levon Aronian, playing with white pieces, lost Pyotr Svidler in the Chess Candidates Tournament.

“Armenpress” reports that Levon Aronian remained with his scored 5.5 points after the loss in the 11th round. Pyotr Svidler equalized with Aronian after the win against the letter.

Veselin Topalov vs  Fabiano Caruana game ended in a draw; Viswanathan Anand vs Sergey Karjakin and Anish Giri vs Hikaru Nakamura games are underway.

Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the March 2014 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2830, making him the fourth 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.

Aronian has been the leading Armenian chess player since the early 2000s. His popularity in Armenia has led to him being called a celebrity, and a hero. He was named the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia in 2009.

Aronian holds a diploma from the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture.