Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied his 10th round game vs. Anish Giri (Netherlands) and is now third in the standings of Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

Gabriel Sargissian is currently 5th in tournament B, after defeat by Le Quanq Liem (Vietnam).

In the next round, Aronian and Sargissian will rival Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) and Laurent Fressinet (France) respectively.