Carlsen And Aronian Lead Amber

And then there were two! There were four leaders after the first day at Amber, three after the second, and now we have co-leaders Carlsen and Aronian after the dust settled in round three.

The third round clash between Carlsen and Aronian ended all-square, while Grischuk dropped back after losing his rapid game with Karjakin.

An exciting rapid game between the tournament pace-setters (see below)

Meanwhile, the Game of the Day prize went to Gashimov for his blindfold win against Giri.

Nakamura got his first win of the event against Ivanchuk in their blindfold game, and held on for a draw in the rapid match to consign Chucky to the cellar on just 1.5 points.

In the grudge match of the day between Kramnik and Topalov, they finished one apiece after Kramnik took the blindfold before Topalov hit back in the rapid.

Finally, Anand stayed close to the leaders by beating Gelfand with black in the rapids.

A selection of games from day three are below. All games are available at the official website.

The results on day three:

The standings after day three:

Gashimov's blindfold win against Giri won the game of the day prize

Sergey Karjakin with his wife Kateryna Dolzhikova

Topalov strikes back to win his rapid game with Kramnik

Pictures: Association Max Euwe