Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied the 7th round game against Sergei Karjakin (Russia) at Tal Memorial.

Viswanathan Anand-Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand-Vladimir Kramnik games also ended in a draw.

Peter Swindler-Ian Nepomniatchi, Hikaru Nakamura-Vassily Ivanchuk games are under way.