 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MunaGunyana 2017, Aronian akakunda Mukombe wePasirose, uye nekudaro akakodzera kumakwikwi eVamiriri ve2018 World Chess Championship. MunaNovember 2017, Aronian akahwina menduru yegoridhe yekuratidzira wega muEuropean Team Chess Championship. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo, akaenzana pakutanga naDmitry Jakovenko muFIDE Grand Prix muPalma de Mallorca. Muna Zvita 2017, Aronian akatora nzvimbo yechishanu muWorld Blitz Chess Championship muRiyadh, Saudi Arabia, aine mamakisi e1421, kusanganisira kukunda pamusoro paMaxime Vachier-Lagrave uye anodzivirira mukwikwidzi Sergey Karjakin. Muna Ndira 2018, Aronian akakunda 16th Annual Gibraltar Chess Festival pa tiebreaks, achirova mukwikwidzi wechipiri Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 212 112, aine rekodhi yakazara ye712 10. Kubva musi wa31 Kurume kusvika musi wa9 Kubvumbi 2018, Aronian akakwikwidza mu5th Grenke Chess Classic. Akapedza ari wechishanu aine mamakisi 59. Kubva 28 Chivabvu kusvika 7 Chikumi, akakwikwidza muchikamu chechitanhatu cheNorway Chess, achiisa yechitanhatu aine 48 mapoinzi. 