Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian suffered defeat at the eight round of the Sinquefield Cup underway in Saint Louise, USA. The Armenian lost to Aleksandr Nepomnyashi of Russia.

 After eight rounds played, Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren and Sergey Karjakin are leading the table with 4.5 points each. In the ninth round Aronian will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen.