The games of the seventh round of the Sinquefield Cup being held at Saint Louis, United State, took place on Wednesday, where Armenian GM Levon Aronian playing with blacks defeated Hikaru Nakamura, the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reported.
With three rounds still to come in the USD 300,000 prize money tournament, the Armenian GM tops the table with 4.5 points along with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and former world champion Viswanathan Anand.
In the penultimate round Aronian will face Pyotr Svidler.
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