Armenian GM Levon Aronian drew with Boris Gelfand in the fifth round of the annual Linares chess tournament in Spain.
Veselin Topalov defeated Alexander Grischuk and Vugar Gashimov gained a victory over Francisco Vallejo Pons.
The standings are as follows: Veselin Topalov (3.5 points), Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and Vugar Gashimov (2.5 points each) share 2-4 places.
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