Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored 5.5 points each to come 1st and 2nd respectively at Candidates Tournament.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Svidler to come 3rd with 4,5 points. Teimour Radjabov and Alexander Grischuk lost to Boris Gelfand and Vassily Ivanchuk respectively.

The 9th round board pairings have been announced as follows: Kramnik vs Carlsen, Svidler vs Grischuk, Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, Gelfand vs Aronian.