Aronian, Carlsen hit summary medium rating record in Tal Memorial round 6 gameJune 15, 2012 - 11:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mikhail Tal Memorial round 7 is due June 16, with June 15 announced a rest day for Moscow-hosted tournament participants. In the 6th round game, Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen hit a summary medium ranting record; Karlsen gained the 1st place in FIDE ratings with 2835 points, followed by Aronian with 2825 points. At the tournament, Alexander Morozevich is 1st with 4 points, followed by Vladimir Kramnik with equal number of points. Carslen is 3rd with 3,5 points, Aronian is 7th with 2,5 points. Armenian grandmaster will face off against Alexander Grischuk in the 7th round with the remaining players paired as follows: Teimour Radjabov - Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen, Evgeny Tomashevsky - Alexander Morozevich, Luke McShane - Vladimir Kramnik. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |