Levon Aronian finishes third at Champions Showdown: Chess9LXSeptember 14, 2020 - 12:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian drew the match against former world champion Garry Kasparov to in the ninth and final round to finish third in the 2020 Champions Showdown: Chess9LX (Fischer Random) online tournament over the weekend. Hikaru Nakamura shared the title with Magnus Carlsen with six points apiece, half a point ahead of Aronian and World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana of the United States with 5.5 points apiece. The 2020 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX was a 10-player Chess960 single round-robin, which took place online from September 11-13 and was hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club. The time control is 20 minutes for all moves and a 10-second increment from move 1. In the event of a tie for any place in the tournament, there shall be no tiebreak. 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. |