Leader of Armenian chess Levon Aronian has become the absolute leader after the 7th round of the Norway Chess 2017 tournament held in Stavanger city of Norway, NEWS.am reports.
Earlier, Aronian beat former world champion candidate, Russian Sergey Karjakin, gaining 5 points. American Hikaru Nakamura had a chance to reach the Armenian grandmaster but in the 7th round he drew with black pieces against former champion, Indian Viswanathan Anand, gaining 4.5 points.