TBILISI – On September 27, Armenia’s chess grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated China’s Ding Liren in the final to become the winner of the 2017 FIDE World Cup.
Aronian becomes the only player in the world to win the FIDE World Cup for the second time, after previously winning it 12 years ago.
The Armenian chess grandmaster will receive $120,000 as a first place prize. By also making it to the competitions finals, he qualified to participate in the Candidates Tournament, which will be taking place in Berlin in March, 2018. The Candidates Tournament will determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.
Aronian has been a leading Armenian chess player since the early 2000s. He was named the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia in 2009.
