Chess: Levon Aronian to face Azerbaijani Teimour Radjabov at Geneva Grand Prix

Emil Lazarian 2017
Panorama, Armenia
July 8 2017

At Round 2 of the third tournament of 2017 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, Armenian GM Levon Aronian defeated GM Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) with black pieces, the Armenian National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am.

After two rounds, Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) is leading the table. Five chess players, including Armenia’s Aronian, have scored 1.5 points apiece.

The source notes that Aronian is set to face Teimour Radjabov at Round 3 of the tournament on July 8.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS