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Tata Steel Chess 2012, Round 3

16.01.2012 Round 3 of Tata Steel Chess 2012 took place on Monday 16 January. Group A: World number one Magnus Carlsen defeated world number two Levon Aronian to take sole lead with 2.5 points. Teimour Radjabov (who defeated David Navara), Fabiano Caruana (draw against Hikaru Nakamura) and Levon Aronian share second place with 2.0 points. Five players are on 1.5 points and five players are on 1.0 point. Sergey Karjakin defeated Anish Giri. Group B: Pentala Harikrishna leads Group B with 3.0 points after defeating Harika Dronavalli. Second is Erwin L’Ami who is on 2.5 points after a win against Daniele Vocaturo. Third is Sergey Tiviakov (2.0 points) after beating Vladimir Potkin with black. Six players including first lady Kateryna Lahno are on 1.5 points. Senior GM Jan Timman defeated junior GM Illya Nyzhnyk. Group C: Maxim Turov leads with maximum score 3.0 points. He defeated Lisa Schut. Dutch Etienne Goudriaan is second with 2.5 points. Four players are on 2.0 points. Photo impression by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Tata Steel Chess Tournament website: www.tatasteelchess.com

01 Magnus Carlsen arriving at the start of round 3
Magnus Carlsen arriving in the playing area at the start of round 3

02 Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian

03 Magnus Carlsen is sole leader after his win against Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen is sole leader after his win against Levon Aronian

04 Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian

05 Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian

06 Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

07 Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Karjakin

08 Sergey Karjakin defeated Anish Giri
Sergey Karjakin defeated Anish Giri

09 Teimour Radjabov - David Navara 1-0
Teimour Radjabov - David Navara 1-0

10 Nakamura vs Caruana, Gashimov watching
Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana, Vugar Gashimov watching

11 Veselin Topalov and arbiter Cor Roet
Veselin Topalov and arbiter Cor Roet

12 Arbiter Alex Roose and Jeroen van den Berg
Arbiter Alex Roose and Jeroen van den Berg

13 Jan Timman (at right) vs Illya Nyzhnyk 1-0
Jan Timman (at right) vs Illya Nyzhnyk 1-0

14 Illya Nyzhnyk
Illya Nyzhnyk

15 Pentala Harikrishna (at left) defeated Harika Dronavalli
Pentala Harikrishna (at left) defeated Harika Dronavalli

16 Harika Dronavalli
Harika Dronavalli

17 Sipke Ernst
Sipke Ernst

18 Vladimir Potkin (at right) - Sergey Tiviakov 0-1
Vladimir Potkin (at right) - Sergey Tiviakov 0-1

19 Daniele Vocaturo
Daniele Vocaturo

20 Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Sipke Ernst (at left)
Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Sipke Ernst (at left)

21 Lisa Schut
Lisa Schut

22 Tania Sachdev vs Peter Hopman
Tania Sachdev vs Peter Hopman

23 Matthew Sadler
Matthew Sadler

Calendar
06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


10.02.12-20.02.12
2th Ferdowsi International Open, Mashhad (Iran)

16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


24.02.12-04.03.12
4th Batavia-Grolsch Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

01.03.12-14.03.12
European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
Gaziantep (Turkey)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


14.04.12-24.04.12
14th Dubai Open

21.04.12-28.04.12
Aronian-Kramnik
Zurich (Switzerland)


10.05.12-31.05.12
Anand–Gelfand
Moscow


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

28.07.12-05.08.12
Politiken Cup 2012
Helsingør (Denmark)


23.10.12-13.11.12
Candidates Tournament, London

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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