The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 series are concluding in Palma de Mallorca, Spain with one remaining round to be played today. As the National Olympic Committee reported, Armenian chess grandmaster Levon Aronian played draw with Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the eighth round of the tournament.  After eight rounds the Armenian has collected 5 points, half a point in front of nine chess players at once. In the final round Aronian will face Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S.

To note, The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 is a series of four chess tournaments that form part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2018. The top two finishers will qualify for the 2018 Candidates Tournament.