Levon Aronian improves three positions on FIDE List
Armenian GM Levon Aronian has improved his personal rating by 15.3 points, following the convincing win of the Grenke Chess tournament. Aronian clinched first place in the tournament with a round to spare on Friday that secured his advance from the 9th to the 6th place of the new FIDE list.
To remind, in the last round of the tournament Aronian had black against Fabiano Caruana of the United States. That game seemed to be heading toward a peaceful resolution, when Caruana blundered a piece. But then Aronian began making mistakes and finally let Caruana off the hook.
Thus, the Armenian grandmaster finished the tournament with 5.5 points, 1.5 points ahead of Carlsen and Caruana.