World Chess Candidates Tournament: Aronian sole leader after round 3
Levon Aronian is the sole leader at the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament after three rounds of play, ChessVibes reported.
On Sunday, the Armenian grandmaster beat Vassily Ivanchuk, who overstepped the time limit for the second day in a row. In what was a very exciting round, co-leader Teimour Radjabov lost to Peter Svidler in a Sämisch King’s Indian. Magnus Carlsen beat Boris Gelfand with Black in 57 moves from the old Cambridge Springs variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk drew a Grünfeld game in 35 moves.