Norway Chess R4: Levon Aronian beats Shakhriyar MamedyarovJune 2, 2018 - 10:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian won the round 4 match against Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the Altibox Norway chess tournament on Friday, June 1. With five rounds still to go, Aronian has collected 2 points to share the 3rd-6th spots woth Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Viswanathan Anand. Aronian, who won the 2017 edition of the event, will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrace of France in Round 5. Norway Chess is an annual round-robin chess tournament, typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. 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. |