RA President, President of RA Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan awarded Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian with a certificate for apartment in Yerevan new building.

Levon Aronian, 27, won FIDE Grand Prix session preterm. However, a day before Aronian failed to win FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk, Armenia. At that, he was leading the overall standings compared to his rival Azeri Teimur Radjabov. Aronian received 140 points in Jermuk tournament totaling 500 (360 points were from previous Grand Prix).

The winner of FIDE Grand Prix is Vasily Ivanchuk, who played black in the final round with Vladimir Hakobyan (Armenia). Aronian would automatically be announced the winner if the round draws, as he skillfully outran Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) in the final round.