In the third tour of Shanghai Chess Masters Grand Slam, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian shared points with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. Aronian is leading the tournament, having gained 2 more points in the next tour.

Defeating China’s Wang Hao, Alexei Shirov of Spain also gained 2 points.

The two winners qualify for the Grand Slam Final Masters due October 9-15 in Bilbao, to play against Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen.