19 November 2017
Peter Svidler Catches Up With Leaders at Fourth FIDE Grand Prix Leg
Three rounds are played in Palma de Mallorca.
Photo: Worldchess.com
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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