Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian lost to Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov in the fifth round of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals on Wednesday, September 29. Both are currently placed in the third spot, with 15 points each.

Radjabov defeated Aronian to come away with a 3-1 result in a rematch of the Airthings Masters final. Aronian will next face Jan-Krzysztof Duda in round 6 on Saturday.

Wesley So beat Anish Giri in the playoff, 1.5-0.5, and kept his chances of catching up with Magnus Carlsen in the Finals. Carlson, the decade-long world champion, pooled 26.5 points, including 16.5 bonuses in the past nine events while So, the 2021 Grand Chess Tour overall champion, posted 21.5.