Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has retained his standing on FIDE's chess rating with a rating of 2782 on the fifth spot, according to information published by the Federation.

Among the top 100 are included two more Armenians – Gabriel Sargissian in the 55th position and Hrant Melkumyan in the 96th.

Aronian is currently playing in the Goldmoney Asian Rapid Online Chess Tournament where he has made it to the semi-finals and will face world champion Magnus Carlsen.