Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian tied matches with Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik and Israel’s Boris Gelfand in the 7th and 8th rounds of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament.
After 8 rounds, Aronian comes 9th with 7 points. Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk keeps the lead with 11 points.
In the 9th round, Aronian will rival Ukraine’s Ruslan Ponomarev.
