Chess: Levon Aronian participating at 2017 Gran Chess Tour in Leuven

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Armenian GM Levon Aronian plans to take part in the 2017 Grand Chess Tour tournament from June 28 to July 2 in Leuven, Belgium. The Armenian player will play one-round rapid and 2-round blitz events.

As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Vassily Ivanchuk and Baadur Jobava will play.