Levon Aronian wins through to 1/32 final of FIDE World Chess Cup

14:25   5 September, 2017

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 5, ARTSAKHPRESS: Other representatives of Armenia Hrant Melkumyan and Robert Hovhannisyan played draw against Boris Grachov (Russia) and Maxim Rothstein (Israel) respectively, as Panorama.am informs, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reports.

According to the rules of the chess tour, if a match is tied after the regular games, tie breaks will be played the next day to decide the winner.

To note, the FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knockout with a $1,280,000 prize fund that qualifies two players for the Candidates tournament next year which decides who will be Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger.



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