Sports: Unfamiliar ratings for Aronian in FIDE’s August list

Emil Lazarian 2018
MediaMax, Armenia
Aug 1 2018
Unfamiliar ratings for Aronian in FIDE’s August list

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian with 2767 points has found himself in an unfamiliar position, the 13th place.

Other Armenian players in top 100 are Gabriel Sargsyan (ranked at 59t), Hrant Melkumyan (85) and Vladimir Hakobyan (93).

World champion Magnus Carlsen with 2842 points remains a confident leader in the list.

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