Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, drew with Anush Giri, Hikaru Nakamura,  Vidit Gujrathi, Azrbaijan's Teymur Rajapov at the second day of the preliminary stage of Opera Euro Rapid.

The Armenian player scored 8,5  points and moved on to quarterfinals. The reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxim-Vashi Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Daniil Dubov have all secured their places in the knockout stage of the online tournament.

To note, the Opera Euro Rapid tournament, which is the third event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.The tournament features a $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for first place.