Aronian finishes fifth in St. Louis Rapid
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian finished in the fifth spot in the rapid section of St. Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the Chess Federation of Armenia reported.
Aronian scored 18 points out of 36, the source added.
Hikaru Nakamura of the United States triumphed at the Rapid & Blitz leg of the Grand Chess Tour with a round to spare and landed at the top spot in the overall standings of the tour with 33 points. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored 6½ from the final nine blitz games of the tournament to top the section, just outpacing Shakhriyar Mamedyarov at the finishing line to place himself second in the tour with 25 points.