Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Russia’s Alexander Grischuk in round 7 and tied a game with India’s Viswanathan Anand in round 8 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Currently 3rd in the standings, he will rival Alexei Shirov of Spain in round 9.

Gabriel Sargissian scored a victory over Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) in round 7 and made a draw with Luke McShane (UK) in round 8.

In the next round he will play against Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland).