Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied the 6th round game against Boris Gelfand (Israel) at Tal Memorial to increase his current score to 3,5 points.

Vassily Ivanchuk-Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepomniatchi-Sergei Karjakin ended their games in a tie. Vladimir Kramnir-Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen-Peter Swindler games are under way.

Aronian will face off against Sergei Karjakin in the 7th round of Tal Memorial.