The 16th Poikovsky Tournament witnessed a strange start with players trading blows for blows. The second seed GM Alexander Morozevich (2711) of Russia lost his first two rounds, but struck in the third round with a win over Israeli GM Illya Smirin (2655).
Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky (2635) won his first two rounds, including against the top seed GM Alexei Shirov (2712), but lost his third game to GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2660).
This means that GM Sutovsky and GM Inarkiev share the lead with the Moldovan GM Viktor Bologan (2607) who is undefeated: all of them at 2.0/3.
Check out the results and pairings here.