Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied his 5th round game against Dutch Loek Van Wely to gain 3.5 points at the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Magnus Carlsen (Norway), who played in a draw with Anish Giri (Netherlands), has the same number of points. Giri and Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) have 3 points each.

In round 6, Aronian will face Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan while Carlsen will rival David Navara (Czech Republic).