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Aronian, Levon

contemporary era

Levon Aronian is an Armenian-born grandmaster whose peak rating of 2830 made him the fourth-highest-rated player in chess history, trailing only Carlsen, Kasparov, and Caruana. A two-time FIDE World Cup winner, World Blitz Champion, and World Rapid Champion, he led Armenia to three Chess Olympiad gold medals and is celebrated for his rare intuition and ultra-aggressive creative style.

Total Games

5493

Wins

2066

Draws

2341

Losses

1086

37.6% wins42.6% draws19.8% losses

Most Played Openings

C50 - Italian Game191C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall160B50 - Sicilian Defense122A45 - Canard Opening114C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense112D38 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense110D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack108A07 - King's Indian Attack107C88 - Ruy Lopez: Closed97D02 - Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre96

Most Faced Opponents

Carlsen,M237 gamesNakamura,Hi219 gamesVachier Lagrave,M197 gamesCaruana,F189 gamesSo,W164 gamesGrischuk,A141 gamesNepomniachtchi,I138 gamesAnand,V128 gamesGiri,A118 gamesMamedyarov,S101 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
0-1

Del Rio de Angelis,S vs Aronian,L

GRENKE Rapid WCh

2010

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FCGFCG
1-0

Aronian, Levon vs Halkias, Stelios

Wch U20

1999

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FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Aronian,L

FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A

2022

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FCGFCG
1-0

Aronian,L vs Anand,V

Saint Louis Blitz 2018

2018

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FCGFCG
1-0

Aronian,L vs Nepomniachtchi,I

14th WCh-Rapid Final

2009

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FCGFCG
1-0

So,W vs Aronian,L

Saint Louis Blitz 2024

2024

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FCGFCG
0-1

So,W vs Aronian,L

3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015

2015

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FCGFCG
0-1

Gurevich,M vs Aronian,L

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Aronian,L vs Mamedyarov,S

Saint Louis Blitz 2018

2018

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FCGFCG
1-0

Aronian, Levon vs Bunzmann, Dimitrij

Wch U12

1994

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Games (5493)

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Caruana,F vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 C50
Carlsen,M vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
4th GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 C88
Ding Liren vs Aronian,L
1-0
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 2017 A14
Aronian,L vs Vallejo Pons,F
1/2-1/2
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 2017 D35
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 2017 C89
Aronian,L vs Riazantsev,A
1/2-1/2
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 2017 A13
Tomashevsky,E vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
Sharjah Grand Prix 2017 2017 C50
Andreikin,D vs Aronian,L
1-0
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 D11
Aronian,L vs Van Wely,L
1-0
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 E81
Wojtaszek,R vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 D19
Eljanov,P vs Aronian,L
0-1
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 A14
Adhiban,Baskaran vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 D02
Aronian,L vs Wei Yi
1/2-1/2
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 D02
Harikrishna,P vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
79th Tata Steel GpA 2017 C89
Aronian,L vs Grischuk,A
0-1
World Blitz 2016 2016 E92
Aronian,L vs Firouzja,Alireza
1/2-1/2
World Blitz 2016 2016 E67
Aronian,L vs Anand,V
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2016 2016 A20
Dominguez Perez,L vs Aronian,L
1-0
World Rapid 2016 2016 C88
Aronian,L vs Carlsen,M
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2016 2016 A11
Grischuk,A vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2016 2016 C77
Aronian,L vs Mamedyarov,S
0-1
World Rapid 2016 2016 A15
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
World Rapid 2016 2016 C50
Aronian,L vs Ivanchuk,V
1-0
World Rapid 2016 2016 A30
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Aronian,L
1-0
8th London Classic 2016 2016 C50
Radjabov,T vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
32nd ECC Open 2016 2016 E06
Aronian,L vs Rapport,R
0-1
32nd ECC Open 2016 2016 D07
Anand,V vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 C53
Aronian,L vs Li Chao2
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D02
Mamedyarov,S vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D37
Aronian,L vs Giri,A
1-0
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A20
Aronian,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A30
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 C55
Aronian,L vs Svidler,P
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D70
Tomashevsky,E vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D56
Aronian,L vs Gelfand,B
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A35
Aronian,L vs Tomashevsky,E
1-0
Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 2016 C50
Li Chao2 vs Aronian,L
0-1
Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 2016 D37
Aronian,L vs Vachier Lagrave,M
0-1
4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 2016 A37
Ding Liren vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 2016 D37
Aronian,L vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 E21
Aronian,L vs Anand,V
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D17
Caruana,F vs Aronian,L
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A13
Aronian,L vs Carlsen,M
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A90
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A28
So,W vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C89
Aronian,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D41
Aronian,L vs Giri,A
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D43
Giri,A vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C50
Aronian,L vs So,W
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A09
Aronian,L vs Topalov,V
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A14
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