Levon Aronian to participate in Magnus Carlson online tour

Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in the second event of the Magnus Carlson Tour - an online competition that starts on Tuesday. As reported earlier, Carlsen announced a new $1m series of major online events in which he will compete, lasting all summer with a final in August.

Aronian didn’t participate in the first Carlsen Tour - The Carlsen Invitational, where the world champion defeated the US champion, Hikaru Nakamura, in a tense final.

The games of the second event will take place between May and August before the tour culminates in a grand final, which will take place between August 9-20.