Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Alexei Shirov in round 9 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands.
Scoring 6 points. Aronian shares 1-4th places with Viswanathan Anand (India), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.).
Meanwhile, Gabriel Sargissian shares 1-3rd places with the tournament B leaders.
In round 10, Aronian and Sargissian will face Anish Giri and Le Quang Liem respectively (Vietnam).
