Peter Svidler Catches Up With Leaders at Fourth FIDE Grand Prix Leg

Three rounds are played in Palma de Mallorca.

In the third round of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 in Palma de Mallorca, Peter Svidler won the game against Jon Ludvig Hammer, while Boris Gelfand lost to Francisco Vallejo Pons. The games Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian, Radjabov - Giri, Tomashevsky - Nakamura, Ding Liren - Eljanov, Inarkiev - Harikrishna, Jakovenko - Riazantsev, and Rapport - Li Chao were drawn.

Standings after round 3:

1-5. Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov - 2
6-14. Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Pentala Harikirishna, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pavel Eljanov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexander Riazantsev  - 1.5 
15-17. Li Chao, Richard Rapport, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 1.
18. Boris Gelfand - 0.5

Round 4 pairings:

Aronian - Giri, Svidler - Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura - Radjabov, Inarkiev - Ding Liren, Harikrishna - Vallejo Pons, Eljanov - Jakovenko, Raizantsev - Tomashevsky, Rapport - Hammer, Li Chao - Gelfand.

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