Aronian shares point with Andreikin: Candidates Tournament

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS: The leading chess player of the Republic of Armenia Levon Aronianshared point with Dmitry Andreikin in the 6th round of the Candidates Tournament.

Aronian played with the whites. The GMs made 48 steps. After this round Aronian has 3.5 points and holds the 2nd place.

Anand-Karjakin couple also finished the game in a draw. After this round Anand has 4 points, Karjakin has 2.5 points. Shakhriyar Mammadyarov took advantage over Pyotr Svidler. Vladimir Kramnik was defeated surprisingly conceding Veselin Topalov.

In the next round Aronian will measure forces with Sergey Karjakin. The other couples are Pyotr Svidler-Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik-Shakhriyar Mammadyarov, and Dmitry Andreikin-Veselin Topalov.

After six rounds Viswanathan Anand tops the ranking list of the tournament with 4 points, Levon Aronian has 3.5 points. Karjakin has 2.5 points.

Levon Aronian played draw in the third round of the Candidates Tournament. Aronian faced with Veselin Topalov. The opponents shared a point on the 35th move.

The strongest chess player of Armenia Levon Aronian defeated the Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the 2nd round of the Candidates' Tournament. Levon Aronian played with whites.

In the first round of the Chess Candidates’ Tournament the strongest chess player of the Republic of Armenia Levon Aronian lost to the former world champion Viswanathan Anand. Aronian played with blacks. Other couples were Dmitry Andreikin – Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin – Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Veselin Topalov. They all shared point with each other.

The FIDE Candidates Tournament takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk March 13th to 31st 2014 (playing days). Former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand has signed up to try and get his title back. Qualifiers: Vladimir Kramnik, Dmitry Andreikin, Veselin Topalov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin with Peter Svidler as the host nominee.

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.

Aronian was declared the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia" in 2009.