Candidates Tournament 2018
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The Candidates Tournament 2018 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament, which was held in Berlin, Germany, between 10–28 March 2018. The winner, Fabiano Caruana, earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, in the World Chess Championship 2018 match.
Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, and Grischuk during the opening ceremony.
So, Ding, Aronian, and Caruana during the opening ceremony.
View of round 6 from the audience: left Mamedyarov (seated) and Kramnik; right Caruana.
Levon Aronian
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Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at age 17. He is a former world rapid and blitz champion and has held the No. 2 position in the March 2014 FIDE world chess rankings with a rating of 2830, becoming the fourth highest-rated player in history.
Aronian playing Magnus Carlsen at Linares 2007
Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik at the Candidates Tournament 2018
Levon Aronian (3rd right) with his 2008 Olympiad teammates on a 2009 stamp of Armenia