LEVON ARONYAN IMPROVED HIS POSITIONS IN FIDE RATING LIST

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.07.2009 15:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ World Chess Federation (FIDE) has published
the rating list of the world’s leading chess players as of July 1,
2009. Second player in the list was Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan
who improved his position by rising from the 6th horizon to the 4th.

In comparison with FIDE’s previous rating list published in April,
the top three positions remained unchanged, with Vaselin Topalov
(grand master Bulgaria), Viswanathan Anand (grand master, India)
and Magnus Carlsen taking the first, second and third places
respectively. Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) fell from the 5th to the
8th horizon and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – from the 4th to the 6th
horizon. Israeli grand master Boris Gelfand appeared in the top ten,
leaving behind Russian player Alexander Grischuk.

Another leading Armenian chess player was Vladimir Hakobyan who took
the 25th place instead of the 34th recorded in April.

Top ten players in FIDE’s April 2009 rating list were: 1. Topalov,
Veselin (Bulgaria) – 2813 2. Anand, Viswanathan (India) – 2788
3. Carlsen, Magnus (Norway) – 2772 4. Aronyan, Levon (Armenia) – 2768
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry (Russia) – 2760 6. Kramnik, Vladmir (Russia) –
2759 7. Leko, Peter (Hungary) – 2756 8. Radjabov, Teimour (Azerbaijan)
– 2756 9. Gelfand, Boris (Israel) – 2755 10. Morozevich, Alexander
(Russia) – 2751 The following Armenian representatives were included
in the top 100 players’ list 25. Vladimir Hakobyan (Armenia) – 2712
64. Gabriel Sargsyan (Armenia) – 2667 84. Arman Pashikyan (Armenia)
– 2650.