30 May 2018
Magnus Carlsen Pulls Away in Stavanger
World champion defeats Levon Aronian.
Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess
In round 3 of the Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Magnus Calrsen outplayed Levon Aronian with the white pieces: the game lasted for 31 moves. The games Anand - Ding Liren, So - Nakamura, Mamedyarov - Karjakin, and Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana were drawn.
Standings after round 3:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 2.5
2-8. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand - 1.5
9-10. Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian - 1.
May 31st is the tournament's free day.
Round 4 pairings:
Ding Liren - Caruana, Karjakin - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Mamedyarov, Nakamura - Carlsen, Anand - So
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