Chess: Levon Aronian to participate at 2017 Gran Chess Tour second event

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

As the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reports, this year’s tournament features Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, and Levon Aronian.