The games of Round 2 of Sinquefield Cup 2017 were played on Thursday, with Armenian GM Levon Aronian suffering a defeat.
As Chess.am told Panorama.am, Aronian lost his game against Fabiano Caruana (USA) in 110 moves.
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So also claimed victories at the second round. Nakamura-Vachier-Lagrave and Svidler-Anand games ended in draws.
After two round, Carlsen, Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave are leading the table with 1.5 points apiece. Levon Aronian shares 4-8 places with 1 point.
The Armenian GM will face Sergey Karjakin (Russia) in Round 3 of the tournament scheduled for Friday.
The Sinquefield Cup is a stop on the Grand Chess Tour, which also includes tournaments in Paris and London and is intended to function as a sort of counterpoint to the World Chess Championship.
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