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After Round 3 of the 5th Tal Memorial held in Moscow, Russia November 5-14, 2010, Armenian GM Levon Aronian has taken a sole lead in the tournament list. In Round 2 the GM ended in draw with Wang Hao, while in Round 3 he won against Boris Gelfand.

Karjakin, Wang Hao, Mamedyarov, Nakamura and Grischuk share 2-6 places with 2 points each. Kramnik has scored 1,5, Gelfand – 1, Eljanov and Shirov end the list with zero points.

Round 2

Nakamura - Eljanov 1:0
Kramnik - Grischuk 0,5:0,5
Wang Hao - Aronian 0,5:0,5
Mamedyarov - Karjakin 0,5:0,5
Gelfand - Shirov 1:0

Wang Hao - Aronian 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. e3 Qe7 18. h4 Bf6 19. Be2 Qb4 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. h5 Nd7 22. Ne4 Be7 23. b3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qc4 Be7 26. f4 Rd7 27. Bf3 Ra6
28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Kg2 Rad8 30. Qc4 Kf8 31. Be4 Ke8 32. Kf3 Rc7 33. g4 Qb6 34. Qc2 Kd7 35. Bd3 Kc8 36. Bc4 Qb4 37. Qd2 Qb6 38. Qc2 Qb4 39. Qd2 Qb6 1/2:1/2.

Round 3

Aronian - Gelfand 1:0
Karjakin - Nakamura 0,5:0,5
Grischuk - Wang Hao 0,5:0,5
Shirov - Mamedyarov 0:1
Eljanov - Kramnik 0:1

Aronian - Gelfand 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Kh8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. a4 Bh3 20. Bg2 Be6 21. a5 Na8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. b4 Bd8 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nd6 Nc7 27. Rdd1 b6 28. Nb7 Na6 29. Rd6 Qg4 30. Qb2 Qxb4 31. Qxe5+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Bg5 33. Rcd1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Rxa7 c4 37. a6 c3 38. Rc7 Rbc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. e3 Be7 41. Rc1 1:0.

Round 4. 08.11.2010

Mamedyarov – Aronian
Karjakin - Shirov
Gelfand - Grischuk
Wang Hao - Eljanov
Nakamura - Kramnik