World champion Viswanthan Anand began his campaign at the Norway Chess 2013 super tournament in Sandnes with a quick draw in round one against Levon Aronian of Armenia. The game between Anand and Aronian was the shortest of the day and also proved to be one of only two encounters that did not produce a result. White pieces against most of the top seeds and black against lower ranked players means that the Indian ace has to be in top form to deliver the goods in the coming rounds. Norwegian world number one Magnus Carlsen, who is set to play Anand in the next round as well as in the next world championship match in Chennai, could not do more than splitting the point with former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.