Zug Grand Prix, Round 3: Six Draws
There were certainly some ups and downs in the games that were drawn - they weren't non-games, except for Giri-Radjabov (a 19-move joke that makes a mockery of the anti-draw regulations), but all six games ended peacefully. In several games players missed opportunities for more: Mamedyarov had very good winning chances against Kasimdzhanov, but missed his opponent's idea with 25...Rb5 and 26...Rd5. Topalov was in great shape against Kamsky and may have been winning had he played 33...Ng4. Leko too had some nice opportunities against Nakamura, but his decision not to play e5-e6 around move 35 let his opponent pull out a draw as well.
So we finish the day with the same leaders: Morozevich, Ponomariov and Topalov. Monday is a rest day, but first we have tomorrow's round 4:
- Kasimdzhanov - Topalov
- Nakamura - Kamsky
- Radjabov - Leko
- Ponomariov - Giri
- Morozevich - Karjakin
- Mamedyarov - Caruana
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Reader Comments (1)
Morozevich-Karjakin missing in the round 4 pairings. Anyways, thank you for your reports - and Go! Morozevich!
Would really love to see him qualifying for the next candidate's.
[DM: Oops! Fixed it now. Morozevich is a fun player, but not a terribly stable one. So I think he's likeliest to qualify, if he does, by having a great run in a World Cup rather than by rating or by the Grand Prix - but maybe I'm wrong about the latter. And he'll have to hurry before all the prodigies take over for good - Karjakin, Caruana and Giri (not to mention the biggest of the big dogs).]