  Levon Aronian hopes to keep lead at Tata Steel January 26, 2012 - 11:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After the 10th round of the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tops the standings with 7,5 points. “I think Anish Giri might have performed a better game. He made a couple of wrong moves, giving me an opportunity to win the game. On the whole, I’m rather satisfied with my performance and hopefully will continue on the same lines,” chess-news quoted Aronian as saying. On January 27, in the 11 round of the tournament Armenian grandmaster will face off against David Navara, who comes 14th with 2,5 points. Other pairings have been announced as follows: Magnus Carlsen - Veselin Topalov, Gata Kamsky - Hikaru Nakamura, Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin, Vugar Gashimov - Taimur Radjabov, Vasyl Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand, Fabiano Caruana - Anish Giri.   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. |
