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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