Levon Aronyan tied the second game on the 32nd move playing with black pieces against Vietnamese Le Quang Liem.

The first game of the 1/8 final between the GMs had also been a draw. The winner will be determined in the tie-break which will take place on 22 September.

Let us recall three other representatives of Armenia have dropped out of the competition. Robert Hovhannisyan and Armenia’s current champion Arman Pashikyan failed to overcome the first round and Sergei Movsesyan lost to Chinese Ding Liren in the second round. Levon Aronyan is the current winner of the FIDE World Cup.