Aronian celebrates 3rd win in a row at Grenke Chess Classic R5April 21, 2017 - 14:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Levon Aronian of Armenia beat Azerbaijan's Arkadij Naiditsch in the fifth round of the Grenke Chess Classic, currently underway in the German town of Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden. With two rounds to go and a full-point lead, Aronian is the clear favorite to win this event as of Thursday, April 20. On the current rankings list, Aronian leads with 4.0 points overall, followed by Fabiano Caruana (U.S.), Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Hou Yifan of China with 3.0 points each, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France with 2.5 points each, while Georg Meier and Matthias Bluebaum share the 7-8th spots, with 1 point each. The fifth round of the tournament will be held on Friday. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |