Levon Aronian wins Sinquefield Cup chess tournament in St. Louis

Armenian GM Levon Aronian has become the winner of Sinquefield Cup chess tournament in St. Louis, US.

In the final round 9 on Tuesday, Aronian drew with Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and scored 6 points.

The match between Anish Giri of the Netherlands and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France ended in a draw. Magnus Carlsen drew with Indian GM Viswanathan Anand. Giri, Vachier-Lagrave and Carlsen earned 5 points each.