Tal Chess Memorial Round 3: Radjabov, Morozevich Lead, Aronian loses to Tomoshevsky

The 7th Tal Chess Memorial Round 3 saw World No. 2 Aronian use a dangerous line against last seed Evgeny Tomashevsky. But, as World Chess Championship challenger Boris Gelfand would say, ratings are nothing. Tomashevsky took the call and beat Levon Aronian. Meanwhile, Alexander Morozevich beat Alexander Grischuk to move up with Teimour Radjabov in joint lead. All games saw exciting play with none of the grandmasters hesitating to experiment or try a sacrifice.

Caruana-Carlsen

Hikaru Nakamura

Round 3 results:

Carlsen – Caruana drawGrischuk – Morozevich 0-1Radjabov – Kramnik drawAronian – McShane 0-1Nakamura – Tomashevsky draw

Round 3 standings:1-2. Morozevich, Radjabov – 2,5

3. Kramnik – 2

4-5. Aronian, Carlsen – 1,5

6-10. Grischuk, Caruan?, McShane, Nakamura, Tomashevsky – 1Round 4 pairings (June 12th): Morozevich – Radjabov, Carlsen – Grischuk, Kramnik – Aronian, McShane – Nakamura and Caruana – Tomashevsky. Monday is the rest day.

You can watch the live broadcast of the 7th Tal Chess Memorial Live at the official website from India time 4.30 pm onwards.

(Photos by Eteri Kublashvili)