Levon Aronian
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Levon Aronian is an Armenian-American professional chess player who has competed at the highest levels of international chess competition. He is notable as one of the world's strongest chess players and represents an important figure in chess from the Armenian diaspora.
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- 1982-10-06
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- Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian
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Levon Grigori Aronian (Armenian: Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան, romanized: Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former blitz world champion. His highest classical ranking was No. 2 position in the March 2014 FIDE world chess rankings with a rating of 2830, becoming the fourth highest-rated player in history.
Aronian won the FIDE World Cup in 2005 and 2017. He led the Armenian national team to the gold medals in the Chess Olympiads of 2006 (Turin), 2008 (Dresden) and 2012 (Istanbul) and at the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo 2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010, qualifying him for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. He was also world champion in Chess960 in 2006 and 2007 and in blitz chess in 2010.
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1982 births21st-century American chess players21st-century German chess playersAmerican people of Armenian descentAmerican people of Belarusian-Jewish descentAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentArmenian chess playersArmenian people of Jewish descentArmenian people of Russian descentArmenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport alumniChess Grandmasters