[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Exciting chess at Foros; no chess in Yerevan

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Exciting chess at Foros; no chess in Yerevan
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213158087.shtml


   Because of [1]Karen Asrian's sudden and tragic death, resumption of
   the [2]Giants event in Yerevan will be postponed for a couple of days,
   and an affiliated rapid event has been canceled.
   The other major event, the [3]Aerosvit tournament in Foros, continued
   today. Just as happened yesterday, four of the six games saw a winner,
   and in each case it was the player with the white pieces. Shirov had
   been leading the event, but he lost to Eljanov, and that allowed
   Carlsen to take clear first with a win over van Wely. Here are the
   full results from round 3:
   Carlsen - van Wely 1-0
   Eljanov - Shirov 1-0
   Alekseev - Svidler 1-0
   Jakovenko - Volokitin 1-0
   Onischuk - Karjakin 1/2-1/2
   Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
   Standings after Round 3:
   1. Carlsen 2.5
   2-4. Eljanov, Karjakin, Shirov 2
   5-8. Ivanchuk, Alekseev, Jakovenko, Volokitin 1.5
   9-11. Svidler, Onischuk, Nisipeanu 1
   12. van Wely .5
   Carlsen-van Wely and Eljanov-Shirov can be replayed [4]here, with my
   (light) comments.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213038612.shtml
   2. http://www.chessgiants.am/
   3. http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm
   4. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/foros2008_rd3.htm