Grand Slam Masters Final: Levon Aronian beats Sergey Karjakin

Levon Aronian beat Sergey Karjakin in the first round of Grand Slam Masters Final in São Paulo. Caruana beat Carlsen, while Anand drew with Vallejo.

Aronian and Caruana are in the lead after the first round. Anand and Vallejo have scored 0.5 points each, while Karjakin and Carlsen have zero points.

Levon Aronian will face off against world champion Viswanathan Anand in the second round today. Vallejo will play against Carlsen and Karjakin will play against Caruana.