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    Inside this Issue Caruana - Nepomniachtchi 2 Karjakin - Aronian 3 SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 | ISSUE 3 Anand - Carlsen 4 Vachier-Lagrave - Svidler 5 ROUND 3 HIGHLIGHTS So - Nakamura 6 BY WGM TATEV ABRAHAMYAN Current Standings 7 Round 4 Pairings 7 Schedule of Events 8 Round 3 Results GM F. Caruana 1⁄2 GM I. Nepomniachtchi 1⁄2 GM S. Karjakin 1⁄2 GM L. Aronian 1⁄2 GM V. Anand 1⁄2 GM M. Carlsen 1⁄2 GM M. Vachier-Lagrave 1⁄2 ROUND 3 // LENNART OOTES GM P. Svidler 1⁄2 Today was the most peaceful round so far with all draws, but the results don’t tell the entire story! Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had a dominating GM W. So 1⁄2 position against Peter Svidler, but one slip allowed his opponent to solve all his problems tactically. Fabiano Caruana also had great winning chances GM H. Nakamura 1⁄2 against Ian Nepomniachtchi but the position was very complicated with a lot of room to err. Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian, both of whom suffered tough losses yesterday, played a quick draw. In the all American Current Standings match up of Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, the current US champion 1. GM M. Carlsen 2 was pressing with the white pieces but could not convert his extra pawn. All eyes, once again, were on Magnus Carlsen who had to face another 2. GM F. Caruana 2 rival, Vishy Anand. The World Champion won a pawn tactically, but the 3. GM M. Vachier-LaGrave 2 resulting rook endgame did not offer winning chances.