Levon Aronyan in Tal Memorial tournament

During the opening ceremony of Tal Memorial a blitz tournament was held on June 7, by the results of which the starting numbers of the participants in the main event was determined.

Standing

1. Morozevich 6,5
2. Carlsen 6,5
3. Grischuk 5,5
4. Radjabov 5,5
5. Aronian 5
6. Nakamura 5
7. Tomashevsky 3,5
8. McShane 3
9. Kramnik 2,5
10. Caruana 2