  Levon Aronian to participate in World Chess Championship Mexico 2007June 13, 2007 - 15:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grand master Levon Aronian has won the right to participate in the World Chess Championship Mexico 2007. On Tuesday, Aronian played with Alexey Shirov to a draw, gaining a point with 3,5:2,5 score.Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand (Israel), who beat Yevgeny Bareyev (Russia) and Gata Kasmky with 3,5:1,5 won a ticket to Mexico as well. 8 grand masters will take part in the Championship. The names of four of them are already known. These are Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Svidler (Russia), Alexander Morozevish (Russia) and Viswanathan Anand (India), chess-portal.net reports.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news U.S. welcomes Armenia, Azerbaijan’s border delimitation announcement  Blinken said it is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement.Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback.European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. |
