Aronian, Movsesian to participate in Tata Steel Chess TournamentJanuary 8, 2013 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in A tournament of Tata Steel Chess Festival, due January 11 - 27in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Aronian will face off against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Wang Hao, Peter Leko, Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Erwin L'Ami, Hou Yifan. Sergei Movsesian will participate in tournament B, with Arkady Naydich, Romain Edouard, Ni Hua, Predrag Nikolić, Maxim Turov, Daniil Dubov, Richard Rapport, Nils Grandelius, Alexander Ipatov, Sergei Tiviakov, Jan Smeets, Jan Timman and Robin Van Kampen among his opponents. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |