  Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five draws June 12, 2017 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Levon Aronian drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in round 5 of Norway Chess tournament on Sunday, June 11. On Saturday, Aronian beat world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) in round 4. Vladimir Kramnik vs Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand vs Wesley So matches also ended in draws. With 3.5 points overall, Nakamura retained his lead with four rounds to go, and is followed by Aronian and Kramnik with 3 points each, Karjakin, Caruana, Giri and So with 2.5 points each, Carlsen and Vachier-Lagrave with 2 points each, and Anand (1.5 points). On Monday, Aronian will face Kramnik.   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 |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaArmenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
