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 Thursday, June 8 2023 17:37
Alina Hovhannisyan

Levon Aronian will not travel to Baku to participate in World Chess  Cup

Levon Aronian will not travel to Baku to participate in World Chess  Cup

ArmInfo.Grandmaster, owner of one of the highest FIDE ratings Levon Aronian will not participate in  the World Chess Cup 2023 in Baku. He wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter.

"I have a dilemma. As a person who enjoys the world cup very much, i  would love to take part in the world cup 2023, but as an Armenian I  don't feel safe traveling to Baku,Azerbaijan.Since FIDE has been  promoting the hybrid format i am more than willing to play from place  possible," Aronian twitted.

The World Chess Cup will be held this year in Baku from July 29 to  August 26. 

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