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Aronian 
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Levon Aronian
Number of games in database: 1,190
Years covered: 1993 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2754
Highest rating achieved in database: 2763
Overall record: +404 -156 =497 (61.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      133 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (58) 
    B23 B90 B50 B33 B40
 Slav (57) 
    D15 D11 D17 D12 D10
 King's Indian (41) 
    E60 E63 E61 E62 E92
 Queen's Pawn Game (40) 
    A45 A41 D01 E00 D00
 King's Indian Attack (39) 
    A07 A08
 Queen's Indian (31) 
    E15 E17 E16 E12 E14
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (137) 
    C67 C88 C89 C84 C87
 Sicilian (97) 
    B22 B90 B70 B51 B76
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (84) 
    C88 C89 C84 C87 C90
 Grunfeld (45) 
    D85 D91 D76 D77 D86
 Queen's Gambit Declined (40) 
    D37 D38 D39 D31 D30
 Nimzo Indian (34) 
    E38 E32 E35 E21 E46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Aronian vs Anand, 2007 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Aronian, 2006 0-1
   Shirov vs Aronian, 2006 0-1
   Aronian vs V Popov, 2005 1-0
   Aronian vs Morozevich, 2006 1-0
   Anand vs Aronian, 2008 0-1
   Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 0-1
   Aronian vs Navara, 2006 1-0
   Anand vs Aronian, 2009 0-1
   Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Match Aronian! by amadeus
   2005 to 2008: Guess the Move Chess Training by Anatoly21
   Match Carlsen! by amadeus
   Levon Aronian Great Games by Bufon
   Carlsen in world championships:2005-07 by alexmagnus
   [Candidate Matches 2007]---Aronian-Carlsen by chessmoron
   1) d4 by Delfinik
   Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final 2008 by Black Pawn
   Armenian Grandmaster's Magic by argishti
   Aronian!! by Timex

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LEVON ARONIAN
(born Oct-06-1982) Armenia

[what is this?]
Levon Aronian was born October 6, 1982. He learned to play chess when he was nine years old and, in 1994, he won the World Under-12 Championship ahead of future top-ten players Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Grischuk, and Etienne Bacrot. He became a grandmaster in 2001 and the World Junior Champion in 2002, scoring 10/13 in the finals.

Aronian took part in the FIDE World Championship (2004) in Tripoli, eliminating Magnus Carlsen and Gadir Guseinov before losing his third-round match with Pavel Smirnov. 2005 proved to Aronian's most successful year thus far--it saw him gain over 50 FIDE rating points to claim a spot in the top 10 on the April list. He was joint first at the Gibraltar Masters (2005) and clear first at the Karabakh International (2005). He capped the year by winning the FIDE World Cup (2005) in December, without loss of a single game.

Aronian went on to even greater successes in 2006. After achieving a modest result in Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006), he won in the last round of Linares (2006) to take first place by half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov. In August he captured the Chess960 World Championship by beating Peter Svidler 5-3 in an eight-game match in Mainz. Toward the end of the year he shared first place in the Tal Memorial (2006), and then started off 2007 with a joint victory at Corus (2007). Currently, he is in fifth place on the FIDE world rating list, and has been ranked as high as third (in April and July of 2006). In 2007 he qualified for a World Championship final for the first time, defeating Carlsen and Alexey Shirov in two Candidates' matches to earn a spot in the eight-player FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007) in Mexico City. He was unable to replicate some of his earlier tournament successes there and ended up in joint sixth place, where Viswanathan Anand became the World Chess Champion. The year 2008 started with a great success at Corus (2008) where he shared first place with Magnus Carlsen.


 page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,190  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Boldyrev vs Aronian  ½-½45 1993 Wch U12B20 Sicilian
2. Aronian vs A Zabojlovich 1-034 1993 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
3. Aronian vs I Khamrakulova 1-034 1993 Wch U12A45 Queen's Pawn Game
4. Nur Nawrose vs Aronian  0-134 1993 Wch U12B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
5. Ngo Ngoc Quang vs Aronian 0-132 1993 Wch U12E60 King's Indian Defense
6. D Kozlenkov vs Aronian  1-042 1993 Wch U12C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
7. Aronian vs M Sitnik 1-041 1993 Ch World (cadets) (under 12)C55 Two Knights Defense
8. Aronian vs S Munizaba 1-038 1993 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
9. A Horvath vs Aronian 1-056 1993 Wch U12B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
10. Aronian vs D Neves 0-158 1993 Wch U12D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
11. E Shaposhnikov vs Aronian 1-060 1993 Wch U12B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
12. Valentin Raceanu vs Aronian  0-143 1994 EU-ch U12D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
13. Aronian vs C Ovezov  1-025 1994 Wch U12C41 Philidor Defense
14. Y Kobylkin vs Aronian  0-149 1994 EU-ch U12D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
15. Bacrot vs Aronian 0-140 1994 WYFWC Szeged B12(8)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. Aronian vs O Kondarevich  1-048 1994 EUch U12 DisneyC16 French, Winawer
17. G Szabo vs Aronian  0-129 1994 EU-ch U12B22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. H Geanta vs Aronian  1-042 1994 Wch U12C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
19. Aronian vs D Mastrovasilis 0-116 1994 EU-ch U12B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
20. C Mamedov vs Aronian 0-145 1994 EUch U12 DisneyB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
21. Aronian vs D Bunzmann  1-025 1994 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
22. Aronian vs N Shavtvaladze 0-141 1994 EU-ch U12B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
23. Aronian vs J Mont-Reynaud  1-052 1994 Wch U12D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
24. E Khalilov vs Aronian  0-133 1994 EU-ch U12A07 King's Indian Attack
25. Aronian vs P De Bortolin 1-021 1994 EUch U12 DisneyD01 Richter-Veresov Attack
 page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,190  PGN Download
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Apr-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Winter: Hail to the Champ!!

34. Re5 ... A rook for a knight, and all else fits perfectly into the puzzle.

Congratulations! More championship(s) to come...

Regards to Arianne...

Apr-30-09   NakoSonorense: Viva Armenia!
Apr-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  popski: Yeah, I'm really happy that he won! Indeed, Aronian is a genius who also play chess, as someone nicely said!
Apr-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <Winter: Hail to the Champ!!

34. Re5 ... A rook for a knight, and all else fits perfectly into the puzzle.

Congratulations! More championship(s) to come...

Regards to Arianne...>

That was a *brilliant* move for Aronian, 34 Re1-e5!!.

Apr-30-09   kurtrichards: You can win them all but we want the world championship. When are you going to become one? We can hardly wait.

From your millions
of fans

May-01-09   Chess Carnival: Aronian, Anand and Topalov. IMO they alone can make the best possible combinations for WC matches. I might like Kramnik but the guys here are just magical and explosive.
May-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  arsen387: <kurtrichards> great post! I also hope that day will come soon
May-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  acirce: Anand on Aronian: <As far as his openings and the structures he strives for are concerned, he is positionally oriented. But he plays these positions very tactically. Though he opens with 1.d4, he treats these positions like an e4-player. If things get complicated he always sets small traps for his opponents. He is a very gifted tactician, calculates excellently and hardly ever misses chances offered to him. All this makes him extremely dangerous.>

http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm9_inde...

Ok, these weren't the most profound observations ever, but I thought it could be worth posting.

May-04-09   adair10: It is interesting that according to Anand the "cheap tactician" is in reality a positional player. I agree with Anand (as if he cares about my opinion) that Aronian is strong positional player. In order to successfully play unconventional positions that Aronian often gets (or deliberately strives for)he must relie on the positional vision because calculating multitude of combinations in such positions is much harder.
May-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Does anyone think that Levon will become world champ someday? I think Carlsen is a no miss, but I'm not that sure about the young Armenian.
May-04-09   KKDEREK: Thanks <acirce> ..Nice interview. I personally love read GM's interviews . They tell us more than what we kibitzers trying to speculate everyday.

<he is positionally oriented. But he plays these positions very tactically> I liked that.

May-04-09   KKDEREK: < chancho: Does anyone think that Levon will become world champ someday? I think Carlsen is a no miss, but I'm not that sure about the young Armenian.> In the meantime, you know, Im already miss some computer program vs some Top GM match. Id like to see the younger generation, born in computer era against this engines.

What about Deep Shredder vs Maguns Carlsen?

or

Aronian X Zappa?

Sponsors??

May-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  blacksburg: Aronian has clearly shown that he can play with the best in the world and beat them.

but i don't think he has that killer instinct or burning ambition like, for instance, topalov. he just seems so laid back. of course, i've never met the guy, so i'm just speculating, i could be totally wrong. and he clearly made a decision to fight for the win in the last round of nalchik.

i suppose my view of his killer instinct or lack thereof is driven by his always playing the marshall attack. it's like someone plays 1.e4, and he says, cool, easy draw. if you want to qualify for the WC, it really helps to fight for wins with black. heck, vishy won the title on the strength of his play with black.

i like aronian's chess a lot, and i always follow him when he's active in tournaments, but i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for him to become WC.

May-04-09   adair10: <blacksburg> <i don't think he (Aronian) has that killer instinct> The same thing people were saying about Anand - the World Champion. I believe it is about destiny. If Aronian (or any other strong player) is destined to become World Champion, then it will happen. Too many things have to line up right in order for anybody win championship. Pure strength is not enough.
May-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: He just won Amber and Nalchik, to become a world champion is not impossible for him.
May-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  blacksburg: <The same thing people were saying about Anand - the World Champion.>

i'll repeat - i could be wrong, i've never met aronian, maybe he wants to kill everyone and i just can't tell, i could be wrong.

for what it's worth, i don't believe in destiny. when Anand was working all those hours on the semi-slav line he used to beat kramnik, he certainly wasn't counting on destiny to deliver the title to him. he was counting on hard work.

May-05-09   adair10: <he was counting on hard work.> Correct, but there are at least another strong 8-10 guys who are working as hard, maybe even harder. Experts say that Korchnoi was as talented and hardworking player as his contemporaries, but never became a World Champion
May-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: is Levon not playing in MTEL?
May-05-09   thepesimist: no aronian no playing at mtel
May-05-09   thepesimist: maybe it was because of his terrible performance last year
May-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <thepesimist: maybe it was because of his terrible performance last year>

Any explanation for Aronian's *terrible* winless(!) -4 last year at M-Tel? +0 =6 -4(!) from Aronian!!

GF problems? Sickness? Any ideas?

May-06-09   inderhinder: Aronian is the Coolest of the Cool Young Generation!!
Jun-12-09   Bryce101: when is his next event?
Jun-24-09   ionnn: he is playing right now here : http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Visualise...
Jun-28-09   myschkin: . . .

Or here (bughouse): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrVw...

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