Levon Aronian

Full name	Levon Aronian
Country	Armenia
Born	October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) (age 24) Yerevan, Armenia
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2759 (No. 5 on the April 2007 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating	2761 (July 2006)

Levon Aronian (born October 6, 1982) is an Armenian chess player. On the April 2007 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2759, making him number five in the world and Armenia's number one. Image File history File links Aronian01. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Location of Yerevan in Armenia Coordinates: Country Armenia Established 782 BC Government  - Mayor Yervand Zakharyan Area  - City 227 km²  (87. ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... Chess Go The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...

Career

An early sign of his ability came when he won the 1994 World Under-12 championship in Szeged with 8/9, ahead of future luminaries including Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Alexander Grischuk. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Szeged and the Tisza river. ... Etienne Bacrot (born January 22, 1983) is a French chess grandmaster. ... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... Francisco Vallejo Pons - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Alexander Grischuk Alexander Grischuk (b. ...

In 2002 he became World Junior Champion, scoring 10/13 and finishing ahead of Luke McShane, Surya Ganguly, Artyom Timofeev, Bu Xiangzhi, Pentala Harikrishna and others. The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 event (players must have been under 20 years old on the 1st of January in the year of competition). ... Luke McShane (born January 7, 1984) is an English chess player. ... Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. ... Pentela Harikrishna (born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Andhra Pradesh in India. ...

In 2004 he progressed to the 3rd round of the 2004 FIDE World Championship before being knocked out by Pavel Smirnov. The FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. ...

In 2005 he was part of a five-way tie for first place at the Gibtele.com Masters in Gibraltar with Zahar Efimenko, Kiril Georgiev, Alexei Shirov and Emil Sutovsky. In the 2005 Russian Team Championship, he scored +5 =3 - 0 with an Elo performance rating of around 2850. Kiril D. Georgiev (born November 28, 1965 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian chess master and three times the national champion. ... Alexei Shirov Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs, Алексе́й Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), is one of the top chess grandmasters in the world today. ... Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. ...

In December 2005 Levon Aronian beat Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the final round to win the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. After a draw in two regular games, Aronian won both Rapid games to win the event and emerge undefeated in seven rounds. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... Khanty-Mansiysk (Russian: ) is a town in Russia, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. ... ...

In March 2006 he took sole first place at the annual Linares chess tournament, half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov and FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held. ... Teimour Radjabov Teimour Radjabov (b. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Veselin Topalov 2005 Veselin Topalov (IPA: ; Bulgarian: ) (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ...

In January 2007 Aronian shared first place at the 19th category Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee along with Topalov and Radjabov. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijkin the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. ...

In May 2007 he defeated World Champion Vladimir Kramnik 4-2 in a rapid chess match.^[1] Current World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. ... Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current undisputed World Chess Champion. ... Blitz chess (also known as speed chess or blitzkrieg chess) is a game of chess where each side is given very little time to make all of their moves. ...

His 2005 World Cup victory qualified him for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007, being played in May-June 2007. In this tournament he played GM Magnus Carlsen, and they played 3-3 in the initial six games, then 2-2 in the rapid chess, and finally Lev Aronian won 2-0 in the blitz chess. After this victory he met Alexei Shirov in the finals, who he defeated 3.5-2.5 in 6 games. This qualifies him for the final stage of the championship, which will be played in Mexico. Veselin Topalov The FIDE World Chess Championship 2007 will be an eight-player double round-robin tournament. ... Magnus Øen Carlsen (born November 30, 1990) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster who came to international attention after winning the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament in January 2004 at the age of thirteen, and winning the B group of the same tournament two years later at 15. ...

Chess960

In 2003 Aronian won the Chess960 (Fischer Random) open at Mainz; this qualified him for a match against Chess960 "World Champion" Peter Svidler at Mainz the following year, a match which he lost 4.5-3.5. One of 960 possible starting positions. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ...

He went on to earn a rematch with Svidler in 2006, and won the match this time 5-3 to become Chess960 World Champion.

Notable games

Aronian (Black) annihilates a strong GM in 19 moves.

Aronian, as Black, defeats GM Ivan Sokolov (2676) in 19 moves, using all of 10½ minutes on his clock to do so [1]: I. Sokolov-Aronian, Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5!? 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bxb8!? (10.e3; 10.Be5) Qf6! (10...Rxb8?? 11.Qa4+ +-) 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.a3 Bf5! 13.Qd2 Ba5 14.b4? Ne4 15.Qc1 Rc8!! 16.Ra2?! Rxc5 17.Qa1 (see diagram at right) Qc6! The threat of back-rank mate is crushing. 18.Qe5+ Kd8 19.Qxh8+ Kd7 0-1 If 20.e3, Rc1+ 21.Ke2 Bg4+! and 22...Qc4# (based on analysis by A.J. Goldsby) Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... Image File history File links This image is used in the standard chess diagram template. ... 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References

1. ^ Drama in Yerevan – Aronian wins Rapid match 4:2, Chessbase, 7-May-2007

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External links

• Levon Aronian at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Levon Aronian