Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.) in the 2nd round of Norway Chess 2013 tournament to take the 2nd spot with 1,5 points.

Sergey Karyakin (Russia) is leading the Stavanger-hosted tournament with 2 points, followed by Viswanathan Anand (India,) Magnus Carlsen (Norway,) Nakamura, Wang Hao (China,) Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria,) and Peter Svidler (Russia) who share 3rd to 8th spots.

Aronian will face off against Svidler in round 3.