LINARES, FEBRUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. 5th round games of the 2009 Linares Chess Tournament were held on February 24, with all the games ending in draws. After the 5th round Levon Aronian of Armenia and Alexander Grischuk of Russia with 3.5 points each are in lead in the points table. They will play with each other in the 6th round.

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