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    Emil Lazarian
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Chess: Armenia’s Aronian takes part in final stage of FIDE Grand Prix 2017

Panorama, Armenia
Nov 16 2017

The fourth and final stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2017 series takes place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 16 to 25 November 2017.

The final event of the Grand Prix series held in a nine round Swiss system has brought together 18 GMs, including Armenian GM Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (US), Ding Liren (China), Petr Svidler (Russia), Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and the others.

The opening of the chess tournament took place on 15 November, with Levon Aronian set to face Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia in the first round scheduled today, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reported.

The games start at 5pm local time.

The chess battles will determine the two winners of the series – participants of the FIDE Candidates tournament.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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