September 1, 2026

This Armenian grandmaster was born in Yerevan in 1982, defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a 2007 rapid match, and played the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin in October 2015. In 2012 he founded a chess school in his home city. Which player is it?

A Bobby Fischer
B Magnus Carlsen
C Garry Kasparov
D Levon Aronian

Levon Aronian was born in Yerevan in 1982, became one of the world's top chess players, and played the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin in 2015. His Yerevan chess school trains talented young players aged 10 to 18.

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