Levon Aronian comes in 3rd at Grand Chess Tour in BelgiumJune 21, 2016 - 11:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian took the 3rd spot in the second round of the Grand Chess Tour in Leuven, Belgium. The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the tournament, while Filipino chess grandmaster Wesley So came in second. The Armenian player scored 20 points out of the possible 36, Armsport.am says. 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |