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Aronian 
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Levon Aronian
Number of games in database: 1,236
Years covered: 1993 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2786
Overall record: +422 -159 =517 (62.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      138 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (58) 
    B23 B90 B50 B40 B34
 Slav (58) 
    D15 D11 D12 D17 D10
 Queen's Pawn Game (42) 
    A45 A41 D01 D00 E00
 King's Indian (41) 
    E60 E61 E63 E62 E92
 King's Indian Attack (39) 
    A07 A08
 Semi-Slav (35) 
    D45 D43 D44 D48 D47
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (142) 
    C67 C88 C89 C84 C87
 Sicilian (97) 
    B22 B90 B70 B51 B76
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (86) 
    C88 C89 C84 C87 C90
 Grunfeld (46) 
    D85 D91 D76 D77 D86
 Queen's Gambit Declined (41) 
    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
   S Yuldashev vs Aronian, 2004 0-1
   Aronian vs Morozevich, 2006 1-0
   Aronian vs V Popov, 2005 1-0
   Anand vs Aronian, 2009 0-1
   Anand vs Aronian, 2008 0-1
   Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 0-1
   Aronian vs Navara, 2006 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
   Armenians trashing Azeris!!! by Davolni
   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
   Instructive endgames by arsen387

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LEVON ARONIAN
(born Oct-06-1982) Armenia

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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 50; games 1-25 of 1,238  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Horvath vs Aronian 1-056 1993 Wch U12B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
2. Aronian vs D Neves 0-158 1993 Wch U12D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
3. E Shaposhnikov vs Aronian 1-060 1993 Wch U12B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
4. A Boldyrev vs Aronian  ½-½45 1993 Wch U12B20 Sicilian
5. Aronian vs A Zabojlovich 1-034 1993 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
6. Aronian vs I Khamrakulova 1-034 1993 Wch U12A45 Queen's Pawn Game
7. Nur Nawrose vs Aronian  0-134 1993 Wch U12B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
8. Ngo Ngoc Quang vs Aronian 0-132 1993 Wch U12E60 King's Indian Defense
9. D Kozlenkov vs Aronian  1-042 1993 Wch U12C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
10. Aronian vs M Sitnik 1-041 1993 Ch World (cadets) (under 12)C55 Two Knights Defense
11. Aronian vs S Munizaba 1-038 1993 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
12. Aronian vs H Geanta  1-041 1994 EU-ch U12C17 French, Winawer, Advance
13. Kirjak Peter vs Aronian  0-118 1994 Wch U12B22 Sicilian, Alapin
14. Aronian vs A Hrusciov 1-024 1994 EU-ch U12A45 Queen's Pawn Game
15. F Langheinrich vs Aronian  1-030 1994 EUch U12 DisneyB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
16. Valentin Raceanu vs Aronian  0-143 1994 EU-ch U12D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
17. Aronian vs C Ovezov  1-025 1994 Wch U12C41 Philidor Defense
18. Y Kobylkin vs Aronian  0-149 1994 EU-ch U12D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
19. Bacrot vs Aronian 0-140 1994 WYFWC Szeged B12(8)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. Aronian vs O Kondarevich  1-048 1994 EUch U12 DisneyC16 French, Winawer
21. G Szabo vs Aronian  0-129 1994 EU-ch U12B22 Sicilian, Alapin
22. H Geanta vs Aronian  1-042 1994 Wch U12C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
23. Aronian vs D Mastrovasilis 0-116 1994 EU-ch U12B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
24. C Mamedov vs Aronian 0-145 1994 EUch U12 DisneyB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
25. Aronian vs D Bunzmann  1-025 1994 Wch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
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Sep-25-09   sugardoom: Aronian is just lucky in most of his games.He is currently #3 in the world but this is half deserved.Most of his opponents were just out of form,most notably Shirov.

Carlsen will demolish Aronian in a match.Now that "Mozart of Chess" has his "King".

Sep-25-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whatthefat: Yep, number 3 in the world just happens by chance. In fact, if I have a good run at a tournament this weekend, I might just drop him to number 4.
Sep-25-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: Aronian seems most impressive... not many have good answers to his preparation and more importantly he seems very consistent
Oct-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Anatoly21: <sugardoom: Aronian is just lucky in most of his games>

I think I remember a few players saying something along those lines about Tal...

In any case, Aronian has dominated when among players 6-20th on the world rankings as demonstrated by the Grand Prix series. What remains to be answered is how well he will do in the future against the truly toughest players in the world (i.e. Anand, Carlsen, Topalov). So far, it hasn't been entirely convincing, but he shows the potential to do so.

His opening preparation is solid, but admittedly could be significantly better. His tactical abilities appear to be equal to Anand or Topalov. He is capable of fantastic positional play when it is called for. His technical skill is probably only second to players like Kramnik and Carlsen.

So in my opinion, it seems only logical that he is one of the very top players in the world. Whether that is enough to make him WCC however, is another debate entirely.

Oct-06-09   kazza83: Happy Birthday Levon... When will you be the world champion? Looking forward to that.
Oct-06-09   newzild: I went to check out Aronian's Chess960 games and couldn't find 'em. Is Chess960 excluded from this website?
Oct-06-09   Davolni: Happy birthday Lev!

Levon playing in Macedonia on his birthday. I hope he celebrates his birthday with the boys over there.

Oct-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: levon happy birthday!, the fact that levon wear a barong tagalog the last time id seen his photo at chessbase,i dont mind if he become a world champion.

i hope he become one!

Oct-06-09   howl: hey levon, practise Nimzo again!!! you were so skillful with that and queen indian defence!!!!
Oct-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Winter: I'm wondering why you're not included at Nanjing.

Hoping for the best in your next tourney and Happy Birthday!

Oct-06-09   DUS: Happy Birthday, Dear Levon!

All the best and many new successes in chess!

Oct-06-09   NakoSonorense: God Bless Armenia!

Aronian is one of my favorite players, despite his awful taste for shirts.

Oct-06-09   adair10: Happy Birthday!

Two big tournaments are coming for Aronian - European team championship and Tal Memorial.

Oct-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: To Aronian: Happy Birthday!

To <Nako>: Aronian drew with Onischuk today. His shirt was quite plain, by most standards: http://www.ecc2009.com/pic/oct06/oc... .

Oct-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: What is Aronian's <LIVE RATING> after his last round loss to Mamedyarov at the ECC?

Thanks

Oct-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  rogge: 2786.
Oct-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: ok time to wear those party shirts pretty boy!
Oct-29-09   tonsillolith: I think Aronian may be my favorite player. I love his clean style. I really liked Kramnik until he started phasing out, then Aronian filled that hole in my heart.
Oct-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: <tonsillolith: I think Aronian may be my favorite player. I love his clean style. I really liked Kramnik until he started phasing out, then Aronian filled that hole in my heart.>

I really had not followed him until a few months ago - but also starting to warm to his play/style. Looks as if he somewhat digested his gains at the ECC before surging ahead again.

Interesting battle at the top: Anand, Topalov, Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik - if he decides to stay in the hunt. Nakamura may be a surprise if he has really moved to the next level. Gashimov, Jakovenko, Mamedyarov all in the hunt.

Plus the New Gens really have some sparklers - Robson, Hess, Liren - more so IMHO than the last group with Carlsen. Should be some great chess the next few years...

Nov-05-09   Shrunken Head: After the second round, Levon will lead the pack at the Tal Memorial. It's time to strike Levon!
Nov-07-09   Ghost of Merlin: I think Aronian will score his full point in this round.
Nov-07-09   socnegoti: I hope Aronian will win the Tal Memorial
Nov-07-09   KamikazeAttack: <I really liked Kramnik until he started phasing out, then Aronian filled that hole in my heart.>

Awww ... how romantic.

Nov-07-09   Shrunken Head: One at a time Levon.
Nov-07-09   Shrunken Head: You're really the 'ghost' of merlin for predicting 1-0 for Levon today! Cool.
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