ArmInfo. President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov believes that the style of the game of the new World Cup winner Levon Aronyan reminds the style of the 9th world champion Tigran Petrosyan.
"Levon is a stable chess player who always shows good results," Ilyumzhinov said on the phone. The first World Cup he won in 2005 in Russia, in Khanty-Mansiysk. Aronian is a very versatile chess player, he is good both in defense and in attack, very sensitive to the position. And the fact that he again won the World Cup, speaks of his consistently high level of preparedness. This year Levon shows good results.
With such a victory he made himself a present for the upcoming wedding. Levon is a very intelligent and thinking chess player with encyclopedic knowledge. His play with his thoroughness and subtle sense of position reminds me of the style of world champion Tigran Petrosyan. I want to convey my congratulations to Levon and in his person the Chess Federation of Armenia headed by the President of the country Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan. It's not for nothing that the Armenian team is a three-time Olympic champion, and Levon Aronyan always headed the team ", - quotes Kirsan Ilyumzhinov rsport.
Recall that Levon Aronyan and Dean Lizhen won the tickets to the tournament of the contenders for the title of world champion in chess, which will be held in March 2018 in Berlin.