Levon Aronian has earned 3 points in 8 rounds in the Sinquefield Cup, held in St. Louis.
The Armenian grandmaster lost to Ian Nepomniatchi (Russia) in Round 8.
There are 5 leaders currently, all with 4.5 points in their tally: Viswanathan Anand (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Ian Nepomniatchi, and Ding Liren (China).
Round 9 will be held today. Aronian is to face Magnus Carlsen (Norway).
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