The 3rd round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 witnessed two decisive games as GMs Caruana and Svidler overcame GMs Tomashevsky and Jakovenko respectively. This was Jakovenko’s second consecutive defeat. The rest of the games ended in draws, albeit not short of some excitement.
After 3 rounds, Caruana, Svidler and Dominguez lead the table with 2/3 each. The trio is being closely followed by 6 other players on 1.5/3.
Round 3 Results:
|
PLAYER |
RTG | RESULT | PLAYER | RTG |
|
Jobava |
2699 | ½ – ½ | Gelfand |
2744 |
|
Grischuk |
2780 | ½ – ½ | Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 |
|
Caruana |
2803 | 1 – 0 | Tomashevsky |
2749 |
|
Jakovenko |
2738 | 0 – 1 | Svidler |
2734 |
|
Karjakin |
2753 | ½ – ½ | Dominguez |
2734 |
|
Nakamura |
2799 | ½ – ½ | Giri | 2776 |