8 June 2019

Trio Heads 20th International Karpov Tournament

Three rounds are played in Poikovsky.

Photo by Vasily Papin
Photo by Vasily Papin

The third round of the 20th International Anatoly Karpov Tournament was played in Poikovsky on June 8. 

Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Vladislav Artemiev, while the games Jakovenko - Fedoseev, Mamedov - Kovalev, Korobov - Esipenko, and Saric - Wang Hao were drawn. 
 
Standings after Round 3:

1-3. Dmitry Jakovenko, Anton Korobov, Krishnan Sasikiran - 2
4-7. Wang Hao, Vladimir Fedoseev, Vladislav Kovalev, Rauf Mamedov - 1.5
8-10. Andrey Esipenko, Vladislav Artemiev, Ivan Saric - 1. 

Round 4 pairings:

Kovalev - Wang Hao, Esipenko - Saric, Artemiev - Korobov, Fedoseev - Sasikiran, Mamedov - Jakovenko.

Tournament on Chess-Results