LEVON ARONIAN WINS BLINDFOLD CHESS TOURNAMENT IN BEIJING
14:41, 19 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. Thrice Olympic champion, Armenian
Chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian became the winner of the blindfold
chess tournament in Beijing. The Chess Federation of Armenia informed
“Armenpress” that in the final day of the tournament Aronian played
draw with Teimour Radjabov representing Azerbaijan and Peter Leko of
Hungary and defeated Wang Hao representing China.
In a final result Aronian scores 5,5 points and tops the ranking
list of the aforesaid tournament. Hikaru Nakamura representing the
United States occupies the second place and Azerbaijani Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov takes the third place.
As per the females Armenian Grandmaster Elian Daniela scored 3.5
points and occupies the 11th place. China’s Hour Yifang is leading
the female ranking list.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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