[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Daily Update: No Changes on the Aerosvit Leaderboard

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Daily Update: No Changes on the Aerosvit Leaderboard
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   That's not to say that nothing happened today: three of the six games
   had a winner. Ivanchuk defeated Shirov on the black side of a
   Gruenfeld, while Alekseev and van Wely used the white pieces to defeat
   Nisipeanu and Volokitin, respectively.
   As for the hero of the event, Magnus Carlsen, he laid an egg today.
   With White against tailender Alexander Onischuk, Carlsen played an
   unusual-looking novelty on move 11, but just three moves later
   Onischuk was able to achieve one of the traditional anti-Catalan
   breaks. To try to maintain some bind on the position, Carlsen was
   forced to sacrifice a pawn. His compensation was sufficient but
   nothing more, and a few moves later he forced a draw by repetition.
   The other games were Eljanov-Jakovenko and Svidler-Karjakin, both
   drawn. Thus with three rounds to go, the standings are:
   1. Carlsen 6.5 (of 8)
   2-4. Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Eljanov 4.5
   5-8. Alekseev, Svidler, Jakovenko, Volokitin 4
   9. Shirov 3.5
   10-11. Nisipeanu, van Wely 3
   12. Onischuk 2.5