Levon Aronian advanced to the 2nd position in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, held on the Isle of Man.
He played the white in the 7th round, got advantage over Wang Hao (China) and scored 5.5 points. Fabiano Caruana (U.S.) is in the first place with the same amount of points.
The victory in this tournament is very important, as the player who takes the first place will be able to participate in the Candidates Tournament.
The Armenian chess player Hrant Melkumyan is the 14th with 4.5 points and Robert Hovhanisyan is the 28th with the same amount of points.
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