Levon Aronian
The Armenian star who has represented the United States since 2021. Aronian won the World Cup in 2005 and 2017, led Armenia to three Olympiad golds, and reached a peak of 2830 in 2014, the fourth-highest rating ever.
He has always been at home in Chess960, winning the world title in that format in 2006. That paid off in 2025, when he won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas and then the tour’s Final in Cape Town, beating Magnus Carlsen, for $450,000 in total.
He has also won Tata Steel four times.
Career highlights
- Won the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final, beating Carlsen
- World Cup winner in 2005 and 2017
- Led Armenia to Olympiad gold in 2006, 2008 and 2012
- Four-time Tata Steel winner
- Peak rating 2830, fourth-highest ever
Titles
- Biel Chess Festival: 2026
- Sinquefield Cup: 2015, 2018
- FIDE World Cup: 2005, 2017
- Norway Chess: 2017
- Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014
From the winners lists on our event pages.
Levon Aronian in The Chess Herald
- So Draws Niemann in Under an Hour, One Round From a Fourth Title
- So Beats Woodward in a Pawn Ending, Leads Caruana by a Point
- So Takes Sole Lead on 5/7 as Liang Falls in 27 Moves
- Caruana and Liang Join a Four-Way Lead After Round 6
- Woodward Beats Caruana as Eight of 12 Games Are Decisive
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- Caruana Joins So in the Lead as Liang Falls to Xiong
- So and Liang Lead Open at 2/2, Bottom Seeds Top the Women
- Caruana Chases a Fifth Straight US Title, and Reshevsky's Record
- Caruana Heads a 12-Player U.S. Championship Field in Saint Louis
- FIDE Hands Out Its First Excellence Awards in Samarkand
- Weekly Recap: Uzbekistan's Wild Ride Through the Samarkand Olympiad
- Uzbekistan Retakes the Lead as So Stuns Sindarov
- Total Chess Fills Its 24-Player Field With Six More Signings
- Eight Teams Still Perfect After Four Rounds in Samarkand
- Liang's Shock Loss and Montenegro's Draw Rattle Samarkand
- Erigaisi Falls, but India's Bench Holds at Samarkand
- Carlsen Returns, But GCL Day One Belongs to Sindarov
- Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi Meet Again, but This Time Board Six Matters More Than They Do
- Sindarov's Round-Seven Win Echoes His Candidates Surge as Tan Survives a Near-Collapse
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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.