Karjakin Beats Kramnik In Russian Champs
Vladimir Kramnik's poor start to the Russian Superfinal continued in the third round with a loss to Sergey Karjakin.
Despite recovering from a loss to Peter Svidler in the opening round by winning in round two, Kramnik faltered again when facing the official #1 ranked Russian player (though Kramnik has regained that honour on the live rating list!).
All other games in the third round were drawn.
The standings after three rounds in Moscow:
|  Karjakin, Sergey | 2788 | 2 |
|  Morozevich, Alexander | 2694 | 2 |
|  Svidler, Peter | 2739 | 2 |
|  Galkin, Alexander | 2598 | 1½ |
|  Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2711 | 1½ |
|  Grischuk, Alexander | 2746 | 1 |
|  Timofeev, Artyom | 2665 | 1 |
|  Kramnik, Vladimir | 2781 | 1 |
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Sergey Karjakin breached Kramnik's Berlin Wall
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Games begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 UTC). The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 second increment from the start.
The official website (in Russian) is here. Live game relay at this link. Live video coverage here.
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Pictures from the official coverage, via screenshots from ChessMarkstheSpot's live blog.
