Top Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored 10.5 points and finished fourth in the 15-round Rapid chess event at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Dubai, UAE.
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen won the competition with 11 points. Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand, both scoring 10.5 points too, finished second and third, respectively.
Among 113 participants in the Rapid event the other three Armenian grandmasters placed as follows: Sergei Movsesian (17th, 9 points); Gabriel Sargissian (47th, 8 points); Zaven Andriasian (79th, 6.5 points).
The World Championships continue with the Blitz competition on June 19-20.
Source: http://armenianow.com/sports/chess/55362/armenia_chess_world_rapid_blitz_championship
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What is wrong with Aronian?
Aronian chess style is cautios, defensive and at time evasive. He does not take much risk and contended on playing “safe chess”. That is why he will never contend for the world title. Plus he has the tendency to “fold” in critical stages in every tournament much like Nakamura though he is way better than Nakamura by miles lol