World Chess Candidates Tournament kicks off in Berlin, Germany

YEREVAN, MARCH 10, ARMENPRESS. The World Chess Candidates Tournament is beginning in Berlin, Germany.

Armenia’s Levon Aronian will face China’s DingLiren in the first round. The other pairs are Kramnik-Grishchuk, Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Caruana-So.

TheCandidates Tournament2018is an eight-player doubleround-robinchesstournament, held inBerlin,Germany, from 10–28 March 2018. The winner earns the right to challenge the defending world champion,Magnus CarlsenofNorway, in theWorld Chess Championship 2018 in London.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan