  Levon Aronian slips to 5th spot in FIDE ratings February 2, 2018 - 13:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian dropped one more notch in FIDE’s latest rating of chess players worldwide, taking the fifth spot after last month’s fourth and December’s second positions. FIDE unveiled the new ratings recently, with Magnus Carlsen of Norway still leading the list of strongest chess players of the world. In the top 100 are also included three more Armenians - Vladimir Akopian on the 76th, Gabriel Sargissian in the 67th , as well as Hrant Melkumyan in the 82nd positions. Aronian won the first prize at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival on Thursday, February 1 after drawing with the reigning champion Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.) in the final round and then beating Richard Rapport (Hungary) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the playoff.   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 |  Latest 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. |
