The games of the 8th round took place yesterday in Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow.
Levon Aronian played the white against Li Chao (China), and drew. Other games of this round also ended in a draw.
Armenian grandmaster has 4.5 points, and he went down to the 4th place. Viswanathan Anand (India) has the same amount of points, but Aronian exceeds him by additional parameters.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) remains the leader of the tournament with 5.5 points.
Aronian will play with Anand today.
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