  Levon Aronian keeps lead at Tata Steel Chess Tournament January 23, 2012 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian played in a draw with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the 8th round of the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Gaining 5,5 points, Aronian tops the standing while Magnus Carlsen (Norway), who has the same number of points is currently the second. In round 9, the Armenian GM will face Fabiano Caruana (Italy) who is in the 5th place with 4,5 points. The other pairings are: Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Khikaru Nakamura (U.S.) -Veselin Topalov, Gata Camskiy (U.S.) - Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Loek Van Wely (Netherlands) - Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) -David Navara (Spain), and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Anish Giri (Netherlands).   Top stories Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
