Ivanchuk Leads At Amber
Vassily Ivanchuk (pictured) beat his former compatriot Sergey Karjakin 1.5-0.5 to take the sole lead in the overall standings at Amber.
Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen continued his recovery by recording another 2-0 victory, this time against Peter Svidler.
Carlsen's victim in the last round, Lev Aronian, also recovered to beat underdog Jan Smeets by the same score.
Vladimir Kramnik was the only other winner in round three, beating Vugar Gashimov in their rapid game for a 1.5-0.5 victory.
The full results in round three:
| Blind | Grischuk-Gelfand | ½-½ |
| Dominguez-Ponomariov | ½-½ | |
| Gashimov-Kramnik | ½-½ | |
| Blind | Svidler-Carlsen | 0-1 |
| Karjakin-Ivanchuk | 0-1 | |
| Smeets-Aronian | 0-1 | |
| Rapid | Gelfand-Grischuk | ½-½ |
| Ponomariov-Dominguez | ½-½ | |
| Kramnik-Gashimov | 1-0 | |
| Rapid | Carlsen-Svidler | 1-0 |
| Ivanchuk-Karjakin | ½-½ | |
| Aronian-Smeets | 1-0 |
Karjakin and Ivanchuk deep in concentration during their blindfold game (pic from the official site).
The overall standings after three rounds:
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 4½ |
| Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 4 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 4 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 4 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 3 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 3 |
| Aronian, Levon | ARM | 3 |
| Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2½ |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2 |
| Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2 |
| Smeets, Jan | NED | 1½ |
