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Anand won against Mamedyarov and is leading with 2.5 points out of 3.

Results of the 3rd round

Mamedyarov 0.5 0-1 1.5 Anand
Svidler 1.5 1/2 1.5 Kramnik
Topalov 1 1/2 1 Aronian
Andreikin 0.5 1/2 0.5 Karjakin

Standings after 3 rounds

Anand 2.5
Svidler, Kramnik 2
Topalov, Aronian 1.5
Andreikin, Karjakin 1
Mamedyarov 0.5

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D11"]  [WhiteElo "2757"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.  Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 e5  15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 17. e5 Re8 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21.  Rxf3 Re4 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 Qh5 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qc2  c5 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2785"]  [BlackElo "2830"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.  Bc4 a5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Bb5 c6  22. Bc4 Ba6 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. e5 Qd7 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28.  Qxh7 Qd5 29. f4 d3 30. f5 d2 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+  Kf8 35. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2709"]  [BlackElo "2766"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4  exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15.  Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3  Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 27.  Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.15"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2758"]  [BlackElo "2787"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2014.03.13"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.  O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qc8 12. b3 Bh3 13. Rac1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2  Qc6+ 15. f3 e6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Bf4 Rd7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Ne8 21.  e4 a6 22. e5 h6 23. h4 Rcd8 24. Rd1 b5 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Nxd6 Bf8 28.  h5 Nxd6 29. exd6 g5 30. Be5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qb7 33. g4 b4 34. Qc4 Bg7  35. Bg3 Qb5 36. Be1 Qe5 37. Bg3 Qe2+ 38. Bf2 Bf8 39. Qxa6 e5 40. Qc4 Qxa2 41.  Qc6 e4 42. fxe4 Qe2 43. Rf3 Rxd6 44. Qe8 f6 45. e5 f5 46. gxf5 Rf6 47. Kg3 Qe4  48. Bc5 Qe1+ 49. Bf2 Qe4 50. Bc5 Qe1+ 51. Bf2 1/2-1/2

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Pairings of the 4th round (Monday)

Mamedyarov- Andreikin
Karjakin – Topalov
Aronian – Svidler
Anand – Kramnik

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Three games out of four were decisive yesterday! Anand, Svidler and Kramnik lead the event with 1.5 points.

Results of the 2nd round

Topalov 0.5 1/2 1 Anand
Kramnik 0.5 1-0 0.5 Karjakin
Svidler 0.5 1-0 0.5 Andreikin
Aronian 0 1-0 0.5 Mamedyarov

 [Event "Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Levon Aronian"]  [Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D38"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:57:55"]  [BlackClock "1:45:08"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nd2 c6 8.  e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f5 Ne7 14. Nde4 dxe4  15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nf2 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. e4 f6 21.  Bc2 Be6 22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Kg1 Bd6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rad8 26. f5 Bf7 27. Qc3  Rfe8 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Nc8 31. e5 Ne7 32. e6 Bh5 33. Be4 Nd5 34. Qh3  Be2 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rg1 Kh7 37. Qa3 Bc4 38. Rg4 Bb5 39. Rg1 Bc4 40. Rc1 Bb5 41.  Bf3 Nf4 42. Rd1 Kh8 43. d5 Nxd5 44. Bh5 1-0

 [Event "Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.14"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Peter Svidler"]  [Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B32"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:31:20"]  [BlackClock "0:23:18"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3  Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qg5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Nf6 14. Qd3 O-O 15.  Rfd1 Rc8 16. Nd5 b5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. hxg3 bxc4 20. f4 f5 21.  exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Nf5 e4 25. Nxd6 e3 26. Nxc8 d2 27. Rxc6  e2 28. Rcc1 exd1=R+ 29. Rxd1 Rxc8 30. Rxd2 Rc3 31. Rd5 1-0

 [Event "Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.14"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Vladimir Kramnik"]  [Black "Sergey Karjakin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D20"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:02:39"]  [BlackClock "0:00:04"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.  Be4 f5 9. a3 fxe4 10. axb4 e6 11. Nc3 Bxb4 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3  Qd5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. O-O Qc4 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Ra5 O-O-O 19. Rc5 Qb3 20. c4 Kb8  21. Qxe6 Rde8 22. Qh3 Nxc4 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe4 Nb6 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. Rc1 Ka8  27. Na6 Kb7 28. Nb4 Qf7 29. Qg4 Nd5 30. Nxc6 Re6 31. Na5+ Ka8 32. Qe4 Rb6 33.  g4 h5 34. Rc5 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 hxg4 37. Rf6 Qh7 38. Bg5 Qg8 39. Rxg6  1-0

 [Event "Candidates 2014"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS"]  [Date "2014.03.14"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Veselin Topalov"]  [Black "Viswanathan Anand"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A06"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:11:11"]  [BlackClock "1:54:04"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.  dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qe4 Qe7 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd5 g6 14.  Bd2 Kg7 15. Qxe5+ Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rhc1 Rc5 20.  a4 Rhc8 21. Ra3 a6 22. Bd3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxb5  Bc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Kf3 h5 29. h3 Rc2 30. Rb1 Kf6 31. Re1 g5 32. Ra1 Kg6 33.  Ra6+ f6 34. Ra4 h4 35. g3 hxg3 36. Kxg3 Rb2 37. e4 Rb1 38. f3 Rg1+ 39. Kf2 Rh1  40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Ra5 Kg6 43. Ra6 Kf7 44. Ra2 Ke6 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46.  Rg2 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Ke5 48. Kf2 Kf4 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Kg3 f5 51. exf5 Kxf5 52. h4  gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Kf4 54. Kh3 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

Andreikin – Karjakin
Svidler – Kramnik
Topalov – Aronian
Mamedyarov – Anand

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