Aronian, Movsesian to participate in Tata Steel Chess TournamentJanuary 8, 2013 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in A tournament of Tata Steel Chess Festival, due January 11 - 27in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Aronian will face off against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Wang Hao, Peter Leko, Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna, Loek Van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Erwin L'Ami, Hou Yifan. Sergei Movsesian will participate in tournament B, with Arkady Naydich, Romain Edouard, Ni Hua, Predrag Nikolić, Maxim Turov, Daniil Dubov, Richard Rapport, Nils Grandelius, Alexander Ipatov, Sergei Tiviakov, Jan Smeets, Jan Timman and Robin Van Kampen among his opponents. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |