Chess: Levon Aronian moves up to the second position FIDE Rating List

Panorama, Armenia

Aug 11 2017

Armenian GM Levon Aronian has improved his person rating by 10 points moving up to the second position in FIDE rating List following two consecutive wins at Saint Louis, United State.

As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2823.5) continues to lead the Top Players List.

To remind, with three rounds, still to come in the USD 300,000 prize money tournament, the Armenian GM tops the table with 4.5 points along with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and former world champion Viswanathan Anand.

In the penultimate round Aronian will face Pyotr Svidler.