Armenia's Aronian, China's Liren tie in 3rd game of World Chess Cup finalSeptember 25, 2017 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Levon Aronian and China's Dean Liren tied in the third game of the Tbilisi-hosted World Chess Cup final, which has a prize fund of $1.6 million. The game, held on Monday, September 25, ended on the 31st move, with the previous two games also ending in draws. The fourth game of the final will be played on Tuesday, and if another draw is registered, a tiebreaker will determine the strongest. Both of them have already qualified for the Candidates Tournament. 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. |