  Levon Aronyan is fifth on FIDE rating list  July 1, 2010 - 13:38 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - FIDE has published rating lists of top 100 chess players. Armenia’s grandmaster Levon Aronyan is the fifth with 2783 points. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) tops the list with the rating of 2826. He is followed by Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) – 2803, and Viswanathan Anand (India) – 2800. Armenia’s Vladimir Akopian is the 44th with the rating of 2691 and Gabriel Sargsyan (2673) is the 61st. As for the women’s list, Armenia’s Lilit Mkrtchyan (2468), Elina Danielyan (2431) and Lilit Galoyan (2384) are the 30th, 52nd and 78th respectively. Polgar Judit tops the list with 2682 points.   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 Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation  Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum.EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia.Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” |
