14 March 2016

Levon Aronian Joins The Leaders In The Candidates

The third round of the tournament is in the books.

In the third round of the Candidates tournament in Moscow Levon Aronian defeated Veselin Topalov. Three other games ended in draws: Giri-Karjakin, Anand-Caruana, Nakamura-Svidler. 

Standings after the round 3:

Karjakin, Anand, Aronian 2
Svidler, Caruana, Giri 1.5
Nakamura 1
Topalov 0.5

Monday, March 14 is a rest day. 

Round 4 pairings: Svidler-Aronian, Caruana-Topalov, Karjakin-Anand, Nakamura-Giri.