5 September 2011
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Hi everyone,
The tiebreaks for Round 3 were held today and we have the final list of the 16 who go on to Round four.
In the tiebreaks (total Round 3 scores in brackets), we saw Vassily Ivanchuk beat Emil Sutovsky (3-1), Yaroslav Zherebukh beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2.5-1.5), Ruslan Ponomariov beating Zahar Efimenko (2.5-1.5), Gata Kamsky beating Ian Nepomniachtchi (3-1), Fabiano Caruana losing to Peter Svidler (1-3), Vladimir Potkin beating Nikita Vitiugov (2.5-1.5), Emilian-Mircea Parligras losing to Peter Heine Nielsen 91-3), Liem Quang Le losing to Lazaro Batista Bruzon (1.5-2.5), David Navara beating Alexander Moiseenko (4-2) and Leinier Perez Dominguez beating Igor Lysyi (5-4).
Here are the pairing for Round 4 which resumes on Tuesday.
1. Judit Polgar-Leinier Dominguez
2. Gata Kamsky-Peter Svidler
3. Ruslan Ponomariov-Lazaro Bruzon
4. Vugar Gashimov-Peter Heine Nielsen
5. Vassily Ivanchuk-Bu Xiangzhi
6. Teimour Radjabov-Dmitry Jakovenko
7. Yaroslav Zherebukh-David Navara
8. Alexander Grischuk-Vladimir Potkin
You can keep track of all the excitement via super live broadcast at the official website.
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