Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian drew with Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the third round of Linares chess tournament in Spain.

Gashimov- Grischuk and Gelfand- Vallejo games also ended in a draw.

After the third round the standings are as follows: Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov-2 points each, Levon Aronian, Francisco Vallejo Pons – 1.5 points each, Vugar Gashimov, Boris Gelfand-1 point each.

Gelfand will face Topalov, Gashimov-Aronian and Grischuk-Vallejo in the fourth round of the tournament.

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