Armenian GM Levon Aronian was defeated by Peter Svidler in the fifth round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Nice, France.

Aronian ranks 10th in the standings. He will face Azerbaijani Vugar Gahsimov in the sixth round of the tournament.

The results of the fifth round are as follows:

Dominges (Cuba)-Gelfand (Israel)-blind-0:1, rapid 0:1

Gashimov (Azerbaijan)-Grischuk (Russia)-0,5:0,5, 1:0

Kramnik (Russia)-Ponomarjov (Ukraine)- 1:0, 1:0

Karjakin (Russia)-Carlsen (Norway)-0:1, 1:0

Aronian (Armenia)- Svidler (Russia)- 0:1, 0:1

Smeets (Netherlands)-Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-0,5:0,5, 0:1

The standings are as follows: Ivanchuk-7.5 points, Carlsen, Gelfand-7 points each, Kramnik-6, Grischuk, Svidler-5.5 points each, Gashimov-5, Karjakin, Ponomarjov-4.5 points each, Aronian-3.5, and Dominges-2.

L.A.