He competed against French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the tie-break of ¼ final today. The players drew in the first game of the rapid chess, and then Aronian fell behind the competitor and left the competition.
Earlier the players drew in 2 games of the classical chess.
The World Cup is held in knockout format, and the one defeated is left out of the competition.
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