Panorama, Armenia
March 1 2018
Armenian GM Levon Aronian (2794) maintained the 5th spot in the latest FIDE rating list of the best chess players in the world.
Magnus Carlsen of Norway (2843) continues to lead the FIDE rating list unveiled on 1 March, followed by Azerbaijani Shahriyar Mammadyarov (2809) and Russian Vladimir Kramnik (2800), the National Olympic Committee informed Panorama.am.
Standard Top 100 Men March 2018 features three other Armenian chess players. In particular, Gabriel Sargissian (2677) comes the 66th, Vladimir Hakobyan (2667) – the 77th and Hrant Melkumyan (2664) – the 81st.
Armenian chess player Elina Danielian (2413) ranked the 54th and Lilit Mkrtchian (2403) – the 63rd in the Top 100 Women March 2018 list.