  Aronian suffers first defeat at Tata Steel January 17, 2012 - 10:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Levon Aronian suffered first defeat by Magnus Carlsen of Norway in round 3 of the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Currently, Aronian shares the 2-4th places with Timour Rajabov (Azerbaijan) and Fabiano Caruana (Italy). In the next round, the Armenian grandmaster will face Gata Kamsky (U.S.). The other pairings are: Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan); Vassily Ivanchik (Ukraine) - Loek Van Wely (Netherlands); Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen; Anish Giri (Netherlands) - Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.); David Navara (Czech Republic) – Sergei Karjakin (Russia); Boris Gelfand (Israel) - Timour Radjabov (Azerbaijan).   Top stories Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
