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Levon Aronian

Levon Aronian

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Oct 21, 2026

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The Opening, Oct 21: Wesley So a draw from a fourth title

Oct 21 · 1 Mention

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Shankland said, Certainly not a glorious win for me.
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Number 4 on the overall list, Levon Aronian, beat Ray Robson in a Queen endgame.
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Round 11 starts at 1 p.m. Eastern.
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A tiebreak on third day needs a so-loss and a win by Caruana or Oparin.
John HartmannGUEST
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Um, or, you know, in round two when, uh, Hans Niemann made a, he made an incorrect threefold repetition claim.
John HartmannGUEST
15:40
The cameras didn't fully catch it, and so if you watch the broadcast, they said, "Oh, I think Aronian, you know, I think Aronian did something." Um, if you're not in the room and you don't see everything happening as it happens, you don't quite catch all the nuance.
John HartmannGUEST
15:54
So, you know, as, as a reporter or, you know, as someone who is sort of really trying to tell the story of the chess world, to be there and to see the people, uh, i- it's invaluable.
John HartmannGUEST
16:04
Um, you know, uh, my favorite, uh, email correspondent, uh, and I'm gonna...
Claude FriedHOST
26:36
Yeah, I just don't – yeah, who's the – I just don't – who's the GOAT and all that stuff.
Claude FriedHOST
26:40
That's why I like people like – Levon Aronian.
Claude FriedHOST
26:47
He's in the top 10.
Claude FriedHOST
26:49
No, I know, but I don't.

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The Opening, Oct 17: Wesley So leads alone after beating Ray Robson

Oct 17 · 1 Mention

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The number 15 on the U.S. chess overall list, Grigori Oparin, beat Awander Lee in 27 moves.
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Levon Aronian scored his first win of the event over Sam Shankland.
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Round 8 is today at 1 p.m.
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ET.
AnnaHOST
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Auch Awander Liang durfte feiern.
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Er besiegte Levon Aronian, der damit seine zweite Niederlage hintereinander kassierte.
AnnaHOST
1:51
Interessanterweise hat Liang gegen Aronian inzwischen eine ausgesprochen positive persönliche Bilanz.
AnnaHOST
1:58
Manche Gegner liegen einem einfach und Aronian dürfte mittlerweile ziemlich genau wissen, wer auf seiner persönlichen Liste unangenehmer Paarungen steht.
AnnaHOST
2:09
Wesley So und Andy Woodward spielten währenddessen Remis.
AnnaHOST
2:13
Für So war sogar mehr drin, aber Abimanyu Mishra verteidigte sich mit einer bemerkenswert präzisen Zugfolge.

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The Opening, Oct 16: Caruana and Liang join the leaders

Oct 16 · 1 Mention

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Chess overall list, Fabiano Caruana, beat Sam Shankland with black.
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The number eight on that list, Awander Leong, beat Levon Aronian.
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They share first with Wesley So and the 16-year-old Andy Woodward on four from six.
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The other four games were drawn.

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The Opening, Oct 15: Andy Woodward beats Fabiano Caruana

Oct 15 · 1 Mention

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Three other games in the round were decisive.
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Jeffrey Zong beat Levon Aronian with black.
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Ray Robson beat Hans Nieman.
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Abhimanyu Mishra beat Sam Sevian in more than 100 moves.

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The Opening, Oct 13: Caruana joins So in the championship lead

Oct 13 · 1 Mention

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Caruana joins Wesley So in the lead, with three points from four.
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So drew with Levon Aronian, who has drawn all four of his games.
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Jeffrey Zhang beat co-leader Awander Leong, and three past pawns decided it.
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Zhang gave up a knight on move 29.

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The Opening, Oct 12: Shankland and Woodward win in round three

Oct 12 · 1 Mention

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A correction to Sunday's edition.
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It said Levon Aronian made an incorrect draw claim in his round two game with Hans Nieman.
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There were two draw claims.
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Both were Nieman's.

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The Opening, Oct 10: So, Liang and Xiong lead in Saint Louis

Oct 10 · 1 Mention

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Liang, rated 26.85, beat Hans Nieman, rated 27.17. Zhang beat Sam Savian in a pawn ending.
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The five-time champion, Fabiano Caruana, drew with Levon Aronian.
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0:49
Caruana is after a fifth straight title.
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That would match Samuel Reshevsky's five straight.

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