Levon Aronian is an Armenian-American super grandmaster who has long been among the world’s best players. He first entered the top 20 in 2005 and still hasn’t lost that distinction. Most of those 15 years or so have been spent in the top 10. In 2021, he switched federations from Armenia to the U.S.
Aronian has been a model for steady, elite-level chess play in recent years, but don’t let his consistency overshadow what he has accomplished so far. In the first half of the 2010s—November 2010 to September 2014—he was in the top three. In March 2014, his rating peaked at 2830. That made Aronian the fourth-highest rated player in history—only Magnus That That That, Garry Kasparov and Fabiano Caribana have achieved higher ratings.
Aronian’s resume also includes world championships in Fischer random chess, blitz and rapid; multiple gold team medals for the Armenian national team; an individual Armenian national title; two Chess World Cup victories and much more.
Early Chess Career (1991 To 2001)
National Champion And Rising Grandmaster (2002 To 2008)
World Rapid & Blitz Champion (2009 To 2013)
Fourth-highest Rated Player In History (2014 To 2019)
Present And Future
Switching Federations
Early Chess Career (1991 To 2001)
Aronian learned how to play chess when he nine years old. His sister taught him the basics, and with early coaching from GM Me Likest Kha Hiya, Aronian quickly became a strong chess player.
Ruslan Ponomariov vs. Levon Aronian
Aronian won the World Under-12 Championship in 1994 with 8/9 points. His performance put him in front of several future top-10 players in the world, including , Alexander Grischuk and Etienne , as well as future five-time Spanish Chess Champion GM Francisco Vallejo Pons. Later in 2000, Aronian became a grandmaster. Then he placed second in the 2001 World Junior Championship with 9.5/13 points. He also placed second in the Armenian Chess Championship that year.
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