  Levon Aronian to participate in Alekhine Chess Memorial March 11, 2013 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 21-May 1, French Louvre and Russian museum in St. Petersburg will host Alekhine Chess Memorial, with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian to participate. Aronian’s contenders have been announced as follows: Vishy Anand (India), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Svidler (Russia), Nikita Vitiugov (Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Laurent Fressinet (France), Michael Adams (England) and Ding Liren (China). The players will compete in a round-robin, with the first five rounds to be played in Paris, chess-news.ru reported. Partner news  Top stories As an amateur, 31-year-old Hovhannisyan gained extensive international experience and was a four-time Armenian National Champion. Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan said he is not planning yet to leave the Ukrainian club. Armenia’s U17 football team arrived in Hungary on May 20 to participate in a friendly tournament, due May 21-24. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years.   Partner news |  Latest news Samsung says Galaxy S4 surpassed ten million sales mark  In addition to white and black, the Galaxy S4 will also soon be available in blue, red, purple and brown this summer.Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan The car was packed with around 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives and was parked alongside a road in the city.1st look at Roman Polanski’s “Weekend Of A Champion” doc poster Roman Polanski, meanwhile, has just completed filming Venus In Fur, which is in competition at Cannes Film Fest."Les Miserables" star to join "While We're Young" indie The project stars Ben Stiller & Naomi Watts as a married couple that strikes up an unlikely friendship with a free-spirited younger couple. |
