Hou Yifan missed a draw and lost an instructive endgame to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave today at the Grenke Chess Classic. The new leader is Levon Aronian, who won against Matthias Bluebaum, chess.com reports.
Levon Aronian took full advantage of the situation, as his win over Matthias Bluebaum leapfrogged him to sole first place.
"I tried to play Peter Svidler's style. Not to think, just to play fast," said Aronian, and it worked.