Armenian GM Levon Aronian won the preliminaries of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid tournament after scoring two wins and three draws on Monday to get a 10½/15 score, ChessBase reports.

Eight out of the sixteen participants made it into the knockout stage, with 17-year-old Arjun Erigaisi surprisingly qualifying, while Alireza Firouzja, Peter Svidler and Daniil Dubov were left out of contention.

The top scorers were Levon Aronian, Vladislav Artemiev and Ding Liren.

In the remaining matches of the quarterfinals, Aronian will play Arjun, Ding will face Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Artemiev will play against Anish Giri.