Levon Aronian’s next rival at the international tournament Baden Baden is ex-champion Vishy Anand.
Aronian to compete with Anand in Baden Baden
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 2, ARTSAKHPRESS-ARMENPRESS:Matthias Bluebaum-Magnus Carlsen, Georg Meier-Fabiano Caruana, Arkady Naydich- Nikita Vitiugov and Hau Yifan-Maxim Lagrave pairs will also compete in the 3rd round.
After the 2nd round the leader of the tournament is Nikita Vitiugov with 2 points. Lagrave, Aronian and Carlsen have 1.5 points.
GRENKE Chess Classic kicked off on March 31 and will finish on April 9. Aronian was the winner of the tournament last year.