5 grandmasters, including Armenia’s Levon Aronian, gained 5 points at Tal Memorial going on in Moscow, Russia.
In round 8, Aronian will face Peter Svidler of Russia, who is currently 7th with 3.5 points.
The other pairings are: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – Ian Nepomniatchi (Russia); Vladimir Kramnik – Sergei Karjakin (Russia); Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) – Boris Gelfand (Israel); Viswanathan Anand – Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.).
