Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian beat Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in the second round of Alexander Alekhine Memorial 2013 to climb 5th..

Aronian will face off against India’s Viswanathan Anand in the 3rd round.

The 3rd round pairings have been announced as follows: Boris Gelfand vs Michael Adams, Vladimir Kramnik vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren vs Laurent Fressinet, Peter Svidler vs Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov.