Levon Aronian to represent Armenia in Tal Memorial

PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian is taking part in the Tal Memorial which is being held in Moscow, Russia. from November 5 to 18, 2009. His opponents are Viswanathan Anand (India), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Maggnus Carlsen (Norway), Peter Leko (Hungary), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Peter Svidler (Russia) and Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), RA Chess Federation reports.



Journalist, Editor-in-Chief of "Shakhs" journal (Riga, 1960-70), Mikhail Tal (1936-92) is the 8th World Chess Champion (1960-61) and six times USSR champion (1957-78). He has been winner in around 40 international tournaments and 8 World Tournaments representing USSR (1958-82). In 1988, he held his first victory in quick chess competition (with each chess player having no more than 5 minutes), leaving behind world Champion G. Kasparov and ex-World Champion A. Karpov.