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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |