Levon Aronian Takes 2nd Place at 2021 Superbet Classic Chess Tournament

Under the flag of Armenia, chess player Levon Aronian secured the 2nd place prize at the major 2021 Superbet Classic tournament held in Bucharest.

In the final 9th round today, our grandmaster quickly drew against Azerbaijani Teimour Radjabov, completing the game in just 14 moves. Consequently, Levon Aronian earned 5 points out of a possible 9 and shared the 2nd to 4th places with Russian Alexander Grischuk and American Wesley So. However, by virtue of additional tiebreak criteria, he was recognized as second and earned a prize of $60,000.

The tournament was won by Azerbaijani Shahriyar Mamedyarov, who finished with 6 points.