Round 2 Nanjing Super GM Tournament starts, Aronian ties Bu for lead.

GM Levon Aronian gained a full point today over GM Vassily Ivanchuk and finished the round tied with GM Bu who ended his game peacefully with a draw vs GM Veselin Topalov. GM Peter Svidler took a loss at the hands of GM Sergei Movsesian. Here are round two results and standings.

Round 2 results:

GM Svidler(2727) 0-1 GM Movsesian(2732)
GM Aronian(2757) 1-0 GM Ivanchuk(2786)
GM Topalov(2791) 1/2-1/2 GM Bu(2714)

Standings after Round 2:

1-2 1.5 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2757
GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2714

3-4 1.0 GM Sergei Movsesian SVK 2732
GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2791

5-6 0.5 GM Peter Svidler RUS 2727
GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786