Levon Aronian advances to 4th spot in FIDE rankings
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating list for March 2022 is out.
Armenian GM Levon Aronian, who now represents the U.S., gained 13 points from the Berlin FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament, which enabled him to rise to the fourth place with 2,785 points.
Norway's Magnus Carlsen tops the ratings (2,864), followed by France's Alireza Firouzja (2,804) and China's Ding Liren (2,799).
American GM Fabiano Caruana (2,781) is ranked fifth on the FIDE list.
The #FIDErating list for March 2022 is out.
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Levon Aronian gained 13 points from the Berlin #FIDEgrandprix; combined with an 11-point loss by Caruana, this enabled him to rise to #4. Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also gained rating to overtake Ian Nepomniachtchi. pic.twitter.com/0QaSfwlCMS