At Round 8 of the third tournament of 2017 FIDE World Chess Grand Prix taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, Armenian GM Levon Aronian lost his game against Yan Nepomnyashchi from Russia.

As the Armenian National Olympic Committee told Panorama.am, after eight rounds, Aronian shares 14-15 places with 3.5 points.

GM Levon Aronian will face Saleh Salem (UAE) at the final round of the tournament scheduled on Saturday.