Aronian to face Karjakin in London Chess Classic

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenian chess grandmaster, the current World Cup title holder Levon Aronian will face Russia’s Sergey Karjakin in the London Chess Classic.

The Armenian chess GM’s game versus Karjakin comes in the 3rd round of the tournament, with all players having 1 point each after the 2nd round.

The other pairs are – Carlsen-Anand, Adams- Lagrave, Nakamura-So and Nepomnyashchi – Karuana.

The prize of the event is 300,000 dollars.