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Levon Aronyan vs Azerbaijani chess players

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The next round of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2017 starts in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 6. Armenia’s leading chess player Levon Aronian is among the 18 qualifiers. Aronian, who tops the FIDE ranking leads with 2809 points, is the main favorite of the tournament. He is followed by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Anish Giri (Netherlands) who have 2800 and 2775 points each. The names of the participants are provided below

  1. Alexander Grischuk (Russia) – 2761
  2. Peter Svidler (Russia) – 2749
  3. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – 2742
  4. Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) – 2739
  5. Pentala Harikrishna (India) – 2737
  6. Michael Adams (UK) – 2736
  7. Li Chao (China) – 2735
  8. Boris Gelfand (Israel) – 2728
  9. Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) – 2724
  10. Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) – 2707
  11. Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) – 2703
  12. Richard Raport (Hungary) – 2694
  13. Hou Yifan (China) – 2666
  14. Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) – 2654
  15. Salem Saleh (UAE) – 2638
After two rounds, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov heads the standings with 280 Winners will qualify to the Candidates Tournament of the World Chess Championship 2018.

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