Tata Steel Chess: Armenia's Aronian beats tournament leader EljanovJanuary 20, 2017 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Levon Aronian made his presence felt at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament by defeating overnight leader Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine in the fifth round on Thursday, January 19. Prior to the victory, Aronian played four consecutive draws at the tournament in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen (Norway) drew against former second Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia), while Wesley So (the United States) scored a fantastic victory over Pentala Harikrishna (India) to take the sole lead. Also, Sergey Karjakin (Russia) fell to Baskaran Adhiban of India. 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. |