Aronian 1.5 points behind leader at Sinquefield Cup

Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian lost to Vachier-Lagrave in Round 3 of Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, U.S. Veselin Topalov beat Hikaru Nakamura and the leader, Fabiano Caruana, beat Magnus Carlsen.

Caruana stayed in the lead. Aronian and Vachier-Lagrave share 2nd-3rd positions. They are 1.5 points behind the leader. Carlsen, Nakamura and Topalov have 1 point each.

Aronian will play against Caruana in Round 4.