November 3, 2009 - 13:21 AMT
5 Armenians included in FIDE list of 100 best chess players
FIDE issued its November Rankings upon completion of European Chess Team Championship 2009. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is the fourth with 2786 points, following Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2810 points), Magnus Karlsen (Norway, 2801 points) and Viswanathan Anand (India, 2788 points).

Vladimir Hakobyan is the 35th with 2700 points. Gabriel Sargsyan is the 51st with 2676 points. Arman Pashikyan is the 71st with 2656 points. Sergei Movsisyan representing Slovakia is the 22nd with 2718 points.