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| Full name | Levon Aronian | |
| Country |  Armenia |
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| Born | October 6, 1982 Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2763 (No. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 6 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2763 (April 2008) | |
- This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Algebraic chess notation is used to record and describe the moves in a game of Chess.
Levon Aronian (Armenian: Լևոն Արոնյան; born October 6, 1982) is an Armenian chess player. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. On the April 2008 FIDE list, he had an ELO rating of 2763, making him number six in the world and Armenia's number one. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani
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Career
An early sign of his ability came when he won the 1994 World Under-12 championship in Szeged with 8/9, ahead of future luminaries including Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Alexander Grischuk. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Szeged ( (approximate pronunciation Seg-ed (known also by alternative names) is the fourth largest City of Hungary, the Regional centre Étienne Bacrot (born January 22, 1983 in Picardie, France) is a French Chess grandmaster. Ruslan Ponomariov (Руслан Пономарьов Русла́н Пономарёв (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian Chess player Francisco Vallejo Pons (born August 21 1982 in Es Castell, Minorca) is a Chess Grandmaster from Spain. Alexander Grischuk (born October 31 1983) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia.
In 2002 he became World Junior Champion, scoring 10/13 and finishing ahead of Luke McShane, Surya Ganguly, Artyom Timofeev, Bu Xiangzhi, Pentala Harikrishna and others. The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized Luke James McShane (born January 7, 1984) is an English Chess player Artyom Timofeev (born January 6 1985) is a Russian Chess Grandmaster. Bu Xiangzhi ( Chinese: 卜祥志 Pinyin: Bǔ Xiángzhì born December 10, 1985 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese Pendyala Harikrishna (born May 10, 1986) is a Chess player from Andhra Pradesh, India.
In 2004 he progressed to the 3rd round of the 2004 FIDE World Championship before being knocked out by Pavel Smirnov. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13.
Levon Aronian's became part of the international top in 2005, shooting up to the fifth place in the world. In 2005 he was part of a five-way tie for first place at the Gibtele. com Masters in Gibraltar with Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Zahar Efimenko ( ukr Захар Ефименко is a Ukrainian Chess player born July 3 1985 Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev (Кирил Димитров Георгиев (born November 28, 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian Chess Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov ( Aleksejs Širovs, Алексей Дмитриевич Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September, 1977) is an Israeli Chess Grandmaster. He was the sole winner of the Karabakh 2005 International "A" Tournament. In the Russian Team Championship, he scored +5 =3 - 0 with an Elo performance rating of around 2850. In December he beat Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the final round to win the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. Ruslan Ponomariov (Руслан Пономарьов Русла́н Пономарёв (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian Chess player Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Khanty-Mansiysk (Ха́нты-Манси́йск is an oil boom town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending After a draw in two regular games, Aronian won both Rapid games to win the event and emerge undefeated in seven rounds. RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties
In March 2006 he took sole first place at the annual Linares chess tournament, half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov and FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia Teimour Radjabov, also spelled Teymur Rajabov (Teymur Rəcəbov born March 12 1987 in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster In 2006 he also tied for first in the Tal Memorial.
In January 2007 Aronian shared first place at the 19th category Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee along with Veselin Topalov and Radjabov. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster In May 2007 he defeated World Champion Vladimir Kramnik 4-2 in a rapid chess match. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian Chess grandmaster Fast chess, also known as blitz chess, lightning chess, bullet chess and rapid chess, is a type of Chess game in which each side is [1] His 2005 World Cup victory qualified him for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007, being played in May-June 2007. The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from September 12 2007 to September In this tournament he played GM Magnus Carlsen, and they played 3-3 in the initial six games, then 2-2 in the rapid chess, and finally Levon Aronian won 2-0 in the blitz chess. Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy. After this victory he met Alexei Shirov in the finals, who he defeated 3. 5-2. 5 in 6 games. This qualified him for the final stage of the championship, which was played in Mexico. Aronian scored 6 points out of 14 and finished 7th out of 8 players.
In January 2008 he won the prestigious Corus chess tournament jointly with Magnus Carlsen, scoring 8/13. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy. [2].
In March 2008 he won the Melody Amber tournament held in Nice, France with a 2868 performance, 2½ points ahead of the other nearest competitors. The Melody Amber chess tournament (officially the Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament) is an annual invitation-only event for some of the world's best players from Nice (nis Niçard Occitan: Niça norm or Nissa, Italian: Nizza or Nizza Marittima, Greek This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. [3] Apart from his first place win in the overall tournament, he also took sole first place in the Rapid section of the tournament (winning by a margin of 1. 5 points) and shared first place in the Blindfold section with three other chess grandmasters: Kramnik, Morozevich, and Topalov. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian Chess grandmaster Alexander Morozevich (Александр Морозе́вич (born July 18, 1977) is a Russian Chess player Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster
Chess960
In 2003 Aronian won the Finet Chess960 open at Mainz; this qualified him for a match against Chess960 "World Champion" Peter Svidler at Mainz the following year, a match which he lost 4. Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess (also written Fischerrandom and Fischerandom) is a Chess variant produced by the late former Mainz (ˈmaɪ̯nʦ (Mayence is a City in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер Pyotr Svidler born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian Chess grandmaster. 5-3. 5. He won the Finet Chess960 open tournament again in 2005 which earned him a rematch with Svidler in 2006, and won the match this time 5-3 to become Chess960 World Champion. Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess (also written Fischerrandom and Fischerandom) is a Chess variant produced by the late former In 2007 he successfully defended his title of Chess960 World Champion by beating Viswanathan Anand. Viswanathan Anand (ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪ விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த் (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian
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Aronian, as Black, defeats GM Ivan Sokolov (2676) in 19 moves, using all of 10½ minutes on his clock to do so [1]: I. Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968) is a Chess grandmaster born in Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia, who currently resides in the Sokolov-Aronian, Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006 1. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5!? 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bxb8!? (10. e3; 10. Be5) Qf6! (10. . . Rxb8?? 11. Qa4+ +-) 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. a3 Bf5! 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. b4? Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8!! 16. Ra2?! Rxc5 17. Qa1 (see diagram at right) Qc6! The threat of back-rank mate is crushing. In Chess, a back rank checkmate is a Checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank (that is the row on which the pieces 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 0-1 If 20. e3, Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Bg4+! and 22. . . Qc4# (based on analysis by A.J. Goldsby)
References
- ^ Drama in Yerevan – Aronian wins Rapid match 4:2, Chessbase, 7-May-2007
- ^ Wijk R13: Aronian, Carlsen win Wijk aan Zee 2008, Chessbase, 27. ChessBase is a German company that markets Chess software maintains a chess news site and operates a server for online chess ChessBase is a German company that markets Chess software maintains a chess news site and operates a server for online chess 01. 2008
- ^ Melody Amber: Aronian wins with 2½ point lead, Chessbase, 27. ChessBase is a German company that markets Chess software maintains a chess news site and operates a server for online chess 03. 2008
External links
- Levon Aronian at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Levon Aronian
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