Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian match with Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw in the 8th round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

The results of the 8th round are as follows:

Anand (India)-Aronian (Armenia)-0,5:0,5

Ponomariov (Ukraine)-Kramnik (Russia)-0,5:0,5

l’Ami (Netherlands)-Nepomniachtchi (Russia)-0,5:0,5

Smeets (Netherlands)-Vacheir Lagrave (France)-0:1

Giri (Netherlands)-Wang Hao (China)-1:0

Carlsen (Norway)-Nakamura (U.S.)-1:0

Shirov (Spain)-Grischuk (Russia)-1:0

The standings are as follows: 1-2. Anand, Nakamura-(5.5 points each); 3-6. Aronian, Vacheir Lagrave, Carlsen, Kramnik (5 points each); 7. Nepomniachtchi-4.5; 8-9. Giri, Ponomariov-4 points each; 10-11. Wang Hao, l’Ami-3 points each; Shirov-2.5; 13-14. Grischuk, Smeets-2 points each.

Aronian will play with Shirov in the 9th round of the tournament on January 25.