Sinquefield Cup R4: Levon Aronian comes at bottom endAugust 21, 2019 - 10:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian lost the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup to Fabiano Caruana of the United States on Tuesday, August 20, according to information posted on the Grand Chess Tour's official website. With a prize pool of $325,000, the round-robin tournament is held in St. Louis, U.S. Aronian has so far collected 1.5 points and comes at the bottom end of standings alongside Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia). Caruana and Viswanathan Anand (India) currently top the rankings with 2.5 points each. Aronian won the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament August 14, despite losing his last round game against France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |