Levon Aronian to participate in Tata Steel Chess TournamentJanuary 9, 2012 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 14-29, Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in traditional Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Aronian’s contenders are as follows: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Hikaru Nakamura, Gata Kamsky (U.S.), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Anish Giri, Luk van Veli (Netherlands), David Navara (Czech Republic), Teimour Radjabov and Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan). GM Elina Danielian is among the participants of Tournament C, armchess.am reported. Aronian came 3rd with 8 points in 2011 Wijk aan Zee 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 | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |