TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
5th Final Masters Sao Paulo Bilbao 2012 (3)
3 draws after tough fights in Round 3 of Final Masters in Sao Paulo
Mark Crowther - Thursday 27th September 2012
Fabiano Caruana at the start of Round 3. Photo © Albert Silver. | http://www.theweekinchess.com
The 3rd Round of the 5th Final Masters in Sao Paulo saw three draws but only after some fairly bitter fighting. Aronian-Vallejo good prep from Vallejo in a sharp Ragozin gave him slightly the better side of a draw. Caruana won a pawn vs Anand but with pawns on 1 side he couldn't break through. Carlsen set Karjakin problems in a Queen's Indian but the Russian was equal to the task and a piece sacrifice secured the draw. I'd forgotten there are 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw in the tournament. Caruana leads on 7/9 Rest day on Thursday. Friday 19:00 UK time. Caruana-Vallejo, Carlsen-Aronian, Karjakin-Anand.
Magnus Carlsen. Photo © Albert Silver.
Round 3 crowds. Photo © Albert Silver.
| 5th Final Masters Bilbao ESP (ESP), 24 ix-13 x 2012 | cat. XXII (2781) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2773 | * | * | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | 7 | 3073 |
| 2. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2816 | . | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | 5 | 2876 |
| 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2843 | 0 | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 4 | 2749 |
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2780 | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | . | . | 3 | 2762 |
| 5. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | . | . | ½ | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | 2 | 2688 |
| 6. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2778 | 0 | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | 1 | 2537 |
| Round 3 (September 26, 2012) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 70 | B52 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | 33 | D39 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 67 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
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