Armenia’s Levon Aronian, who has the highest rating among the participants of the Candidate Matches 2011 has tied the second game against Russia’s Alexander Grischuk. The grandmasters will play two more matches. In case of a draw, tie-breaks will be played on May 9.

Gata Kamsky of the U.S. scored a victory over Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) – Boris Gelfand (Israel) matches ended in a draw.