LEVON ARONIAN RANKS 5TH IN FIDE CHESS RATING
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.03.2010 16:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ FIDE published names of 100 strongest world chess
palyers of March this year. Four Armenian chess players are named in
the men’s rating. Levon Aronian (2782) ranks 5th, yielding to Magnus
Carlsen (Norway), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
and Viswanathan Anand (India).
Vladimir Akopian (2688) ranks 43rd, Gabriel Sargsyan (2675) and Arman
Pashikyan (2652) are 53rd and 83rd respectvely.
Lilit Lazarian (2503) ranks 13th in the womens rating, and Elina
Danielyan ranks 18th (2419). Lilit Galoyan (2380) is 88th. Judit Polgar
(Hungary), Gumpi Korneev (India) and Hou Yifan (China) are the first
three strongest chess players among women.
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