Levon Aronian kickstarts Sinquefield Cup with a confident victoryAugust 3, 2017 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia continued with his excellent form to beat Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi as the grandmasters kickstarted their campaigns in the Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour. Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with nemesis Hikaru Nakamura of United States, Sergey Karjakin was a class act against compatriot Peter Svidler, while French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave landed a crushing blow to the aspirations of Wesley So of United States. Meanwhile, the game between American Fabiano Caruana and World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway ended in a draw. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |