Levon Aronian starts St. Louis Rapid with victoryAugust 15, 2017 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia, alongside Fabiano Caruana of United States, Le Quang Leim of Vietnam and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia emerged as co-leaders on the opening day of St. Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour. Each of the four grandmasters played three rounds and earned four points. Following them are Garry Kasparov, Sergey Karjakin (both Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Lenier Dominguez (Cuba) with 3 points each, while Viiswanathan Anand (India), David Navara (Czech Republic) lag behind with 1 point each. A win in rapid is worth two points here while a draw fetches half a point. In the blitz, however, a standard one point will be awarded for a win and half for a draw. The second day will see three more rounds. 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 | Fly Arna license suspended, says Armenia official The license of the Armenian airline Fly Arna has been suspended for six months, an official says. President stresses Armenia’s clear position to achieve peace On the eve of the International Francophonie Day, the Armenian President met with French intellectuals. Termination of servicing of MIR cards. IDBank It will not be possible to ensure the full operation of MIR cards in IDBank’s POS-terminals and ATMs Pashinian meets border villagers on possible land transfer to Azerbaijan Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province. |