  Levon Aronian grabs sole lead at Norway Chess June 15, 2017 - 10:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Levon Aronian grabbed the sole lead at Norway Chess tournament on Wednesday, June 14 after defeating Sergey Karjakin of Russia. In another game, Vladimir Kramnik beat Magnus Carlsen and is now only 6.4 points behind the world number one in the live ratings. In a third match, Anish Giri defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, while Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura drew. The pairings for round eight on Thursday are Carlsen-Karjakin, Aronian-Anand, MVL-Kramnik, Nakamura-So, and Giri-Caruana.   Top stories Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
