Two rounds have been played yesterday with 15 players sharing 1st place with 3 out of 3.
The upset of the 2nd round can count for Navara drawing WGM Mammadova and WGM Saduakassova drawing GM Kuzubov.
Results of top 10 boards of 2nd round
1 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2375 0 – 1 GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 1 – 0 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM 2386
3 WGM Mammadova Gulnar 2369 ½ – ½ GM Navara David 2710
4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 1 – 0 WGM Wang Jue 2375
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 1 – 0 FM Handler Lukas 2369
6 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2359 0 – 1 GM So Wesley 2684
7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 1 – 0 WGM L’ami Alina 2362
8 FM Bewersdorff Oliver 2335 0 – 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
9 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 1 – 0 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2350
10 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 1 – 0 FM Gislason Gudmundur 2329
Some interesting games of the top boards
In the 3rd round again many lower rated titled players managed to bite half a point of GMs.
Results of top 15 boards
1 GM Giri Anish 2722 2 1 – 0 2 IM Smith Axel 2485
2 GM Williams Simon K 2498 2 0 – 1 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 WGM Huang Qian 2478 2 0 – 1 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
4 IM Lou Yiping 2468 2 0 – 1 2 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM So Wesley 2684 2 1 – 0 2 IM Andersen Mads 2462
6 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2466 2 0 – 1 2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2441
8 IM Schreiner Peter 2439 2 0 – 1 2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
9 IM Bartholomew John 2435 2 0 – 1 2 GM Socko Bartosz 2643
10 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 2 ½ – ½ 2 WGM Guo Qi 2431
11 GM Olafsson Fridrik *) 2416 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Navara David 2710
12 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2430 2 0 – 1 2 GM L’ami Erwin 2622
13 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609 2 1 – 0 2 IM Mikkelsen Nikolaj 2421
14 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2414 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Solak Dragan 2603
15 GM Dziuba Marcin 2602 2 ½ – ½ 2 IM Hagen Andreas Skytte 2411
Some interesting games on top boards
Standings of top 20 after the 3rd round
1 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 3
2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 3
3 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644 3
4 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2622 3
5 GM Shulman Yury USA 2563 3
6 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2533 3
7 IM Wei Yi U14 CHN 2501 3
8 GM Yu Yangyi U18 CHN 2688 3
9 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 3
10 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2643 3
11 IM Muir Andrew J Mr SCO 2313 2270 Hamilton 3
12 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 3
13 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2715 3
14 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2609 3
15 IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn U20 ISL 2509 Hellir 3
16 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 2
17 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2675 2
18 GM Grandelius Nils U20 SWE 2566 2
19 GM Esen Baris TUR 2565 2
20 IM Guramishvili Sopiko w GEO 2414 2
You can view the full standings here.