Ruslan Ponomariov (pictured) beat Hikaru Nakamura with the black pieces in the third round of the 2011 Dortmund tournament.
It was a fine win for Ponomariov, and some measure of revenge for his match loss to the American in St.Louis in May.
Vladimir Kramnik was held to a draw by Le Quang Liem in a entertaining encounter, while Georg Meier slipped up after a long struggle with Anish Giri, missing a nice combination to lose in 75 moves.
The standings after round three:
| 1 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
RUS |
2781 |
2½ |
| 2 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
2764 |
2 |
| 3 |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE |
2715 |
1½ |
| 4 |
Giri, Anish |
NED |
2701 |
1½ |
| 5 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
USA |
2770 |
1 |
| 6 |
Meier, Georg |
GER |
2656 |
½ |
Nakamura suffered a bad loss to Ponomariov
Giri beat Meier after a long struggle
Kramnik was held to a draw by Le
The tournament runs from 21-31 July, with 26 July being a rest day. Games start at 3pm local time, except the final round which starts 2 hours earlier.
More information on this double round-robin event can be found at the official website (in German). The live games link is here.
Photos: Georgios Souleidis (official website)