Round five of Norway Chess tournament sees five drawsJune 12, 2017 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Levon Aronian drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in round 5 of Norway Chess tournament on Sunday, June 11. On Saturday, Aronian beat world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) in round 4. Vladimir Kramnik vs Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand vs Wesley So matches also ended in draws. With 3.5 points overall, Nakamura retained his lead with four rounds to go, and is followed by Aronian and Kramnik with 3 points each, Karjakin, Caruana, Giri and So with 2.5 points each, Carlsen and Vachier-Lagrave with 2 points each, and Anand (1.5 points). On Monday, Aronian will face Kramnik. 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. |