Aronian, Movsesian to participate in Tata Steel Chess TournamentJanuary 8, 2013 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in A tournament of Tata Steel Chess Festival, due January 11 - 27in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Aronian will face off against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Wang Hao, Peter Leko, Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Erwin L'Ami, Hou Yifan. Sergei Movsesian will participate in tournament B, with Arkady Naydich, Romain Edouard, Ni Hua, Predrag Nikolić, Maxim Turov, Daniil Dubov, Richard Rapport, Nils Grandelius, Alexander Ipatov, Sergei Tiviakov, Jan Smeets, Jan Timman and Robin Van Kampen among his opponents. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |