Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Hikaru Nakamura of the United States in round 2 of the 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament held January 13–29, 2012 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
Currently, Aronian tops the standings with 2 points. Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Anish Giri (Netherlands) and Nakamura have 1.5 points each.
In round 3, the Armenian GM will face Carlsen.
