From September 24-October 13, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in Chess Grand Slam 2012, to be held in Bilbao, Spain.

Aronian will rival Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), winner of Viswanathan Anand - Boris Gelfand pairing, as well as of winners of Linares and Bazna International Chess Tournaments, armchess.am reported.