8 June 2017

Vladmir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura Maintain Leadership in Stavanger

All round 3 games were drawn.

Photo: @NorwayChess
Photo: @NorwayChess
On June 8, the third round games of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament were played in Stavanger. The games Carlsen - Nakamura, Kramnik - So, Aronian - Giri, Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana, and Karjakin - Anand were drawn.

Standings after round 3:

1-2. Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura - 2, 
3-8. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin - 1.5, 
9-10. Anish Giri, Viswanathan Anand - 1.

Friday, June 9, is a free day.

Round 4 pairings:

Caruana - Kramnik, Aronian - Carlsen, Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave, Giri - Anand, So - Karjakin.

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