Armenian GM Levon Aronian drew with Veselin Topalov in the eighth round of Linares chess tournament in Spain.

Alexander Grischuk defeated Vugar Gashimov, Francisco Vallejo Pons drew with Boris Gelfand.

After the eighth round the standings are as follows: Veselin Topalov (5.5 points), Alexander Grischuk (4.5), Levon Aronian (4), Vugar Gashimov and Boris Gelfand (3,5 points each), Francisco Vallejo (3 points).

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