  Aronian tops Tal Memorial standings November 19, 2011 - 10:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk in the 3rd round of Ral Memorial to top the tournament standings with 2 points along with Ian Nepomniatchi (Russia), Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Sergei Karjakin (Russia). In the next round, Aronian will face Viswanathan Anand (India), who is currently 5th with 1.5 points. The other pairing are: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - Vassily Ivanchuk; Ian Nepomniatchi - Nukaru Nakamura (U.S.); Peter Svidler (Russia) - Boris Gelfand (Israel); Sergei Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen.   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 Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
