24 March 2022

Third Round of FIDE Grand Prix Leg Is Completed in Berlin

Only one game ended decisively.

Photo: World Chess
Photo: World Chess


The third round of the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix is over in Berlin. Sixteen participants are divided into four groups. The round results, standings, and pairings are as follows:

Pool A:

Oparin - Nakamura 1/2-1/2, Esipenko - Aronian 1/2-1/2
1. Levon Aronian - 2, 2-3. Andrey Esipenko, Grigoriy Oparin - 1.5, 4. Hikaru Nakamura - 1
Oparin - Esipenko, Nakamura - Aronian

Pool B:

Mamedyarov - Dominguez 1/2-1/2, Keymer - Dubov 1-0
1-2. Leinier Dominguez, Vincent Keymer - 2, 3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 1.5, 4. Daniil Dubov - 0.5
Mamedyarov - Keymer, Dominguez - Dubov

Pool C: 

So - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2-1/2, Shankland - Predke 1/2-1/2
1. Alexandr Predke - 2, 2-3. Sam Shankland, Wesley So - 1.5, 4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 1
So - Shankland, Vachier-Lagrave - Predke

Pool D:

Yu - Tabatabaei 1/2-1/2, Giri - Vitiugov 1/2-1/2
1. Nikita Vitiugov - 2, 2-3. Anish Giri, Yu Yangyi - 1.5, 4. Amin Tabatabaei - 1
Yu - Giri, Tabatabaei - Vitiugov.

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