Armenian chess player Levon Aronian has retained 7th position in the newly published FIDE April ranking list. World Champion Magnus Carlsen is leading the list of the Standard Top 100 Men Players. Sergej Karjakin, who made an impressive performance at the Moscow Candidates Tournament, is 8th on the list.
Armenia’s Gabriel Sargisyan, Sergei Movsesyan and Vladimir Akopian were also included among the strongest 100 chess players coming 47th, 92nd and 98th respectively.
In the ranking of top 100 women chess players, Armenia is represented by two chess players – Elina Danielian (2445) is the 42nd and Lilit Mkrtchian (2434) is the 49th.
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