Forums

Levon Aronian

Sort:
Avatar of BW-SugarDom
BW-SugarDom
Oct 25, 2011
0
#1

Avatar of BW-SugarDom
BW-SugarDom
Nov 5, 2011
0
#2

Levon Grigor Aronian (Armenian: Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one.[1] He won the Chess World Cup 2005.

Aronian led the Armenian national team to the Gold medals in the 2006 (Turin) and 2008 (Dresden) Chess Olympics[2] and at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo 2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. He was also the World Chess960 Champion in 2006 and 2007, the World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009, and is the current World Blitz Chess Champion.[3]

Aronian was declared the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005[4] and was awarded the title of "Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia" in 2009.