Levon Aronian Takes 1st Place in Goldmoney Asian Rapid Chess Tournament

Armenian chess player Levon Aronian concluded the Goldmoney Asian Rapid online chess tournament with a remarkable victory. In the rounds from 11 to 15 held today, he initially defeated Iranian player Alireza Firouzja and Russian Danil Dubov. He then drew against women's world champion Hou Yifan, Russian Vladislav Artemiev, and American Wesley So.

Levon Aronian scored 10.5 points out of a possible 15, securing first place alone. Following him, Vladislav Artemiev trailed by just half a point. World champion Magnus Carlsen finished in fourth place with 9 points.

The top eight players proceeded to the playoffs, where the winner will be determined through a knockout format.