Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Pipiri 2008, i wikitoria a Aronian i te whakataetae petipeti tere a Karen Asrian Memorial i Yerevan. I te Tuarua o te FIDE Grand Prix i Sochi, i hinga a Aronian i a Alexander Grischuk i te whiringa toa ka mutu i te 81⁄2/13 me te whakatauranga mahi 2816. I toa a Aronian i te 38th Chess Olympiad
i Dresden me te kapa taakaha a Armenia, i wikitoria i te koura mo te wa tuarua i te rarangi.