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Nepomniaschi-Kramnik (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Nepomniaschi and Giri lead with 2.5 points out of 3.

Results of the 3rd round

Nepomniaschi-Kramnik 1-0

Li Chao-Anand 1/2

Giri-Tomashevsky 1-0

Aronian-Svidler 1/2

Mamedyarov-Gelfand 1/2

Games of the round

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.29"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Aronian, Levon"]   [Black "Svidler, Peter"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D70"]   [WhiteElo "2795"]   [BlackElo "2745"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2     Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.   Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e6 17. h4 exd5 18. h5 Qf8 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nge2   Be6 22. Nd4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qg4 Nc6 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rd5     Qf4 Rf5 29. Qe3 Nb4 30. Qb3 N4d5 31. a3 Ree5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Ka1 Nf4 34. g4     Rf8 35. Bb1 Ne6 36. Qc3 Nf4 37. Qxc7 Nfd5 38. Qxe7+ Rxe7 39. Rh2 Nf4 40. Rch1   Rh8 41. Rc1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.29"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]   [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A30"]   [WhiteElo "2740"]   [BlackElo "2808"]   [PlyCount "93"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4     O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Na5 14. Rad1 Qc7     Rd7 Qxf4 16. gxf4 Bc6 17. Ng5 Bxd7 18. Bxa8 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Bxb2 20. Be4 h6   Nf3 Nxc4 22. Rxa7 Rc8 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Bd3 g5 25. f5 g4 26. Ne1 e5 27. Nc2     h5 28. Nb4 Kg7 29. Nd5 Bh4 30. h3 Rc5 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Nc7 Kh6 33. Ne8 Nb2 34.   Be4 Nd1 35. Nd6 Kg5 36. Rxf7 Bxf2 37. Rg7+ Kf4 38. e3+ Kxe3 39. Rxg4 Kd2 40.   Bf3 Ne3+ 41. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 42. Bxg4 Rd5 43. Ne4+ Kd3 44. f6 Ra5 45. Be2+ Kd4 46.   f7 Ra8 47. Ng5 1-0

  [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.29"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A46"]   [WhiteElo "2755"]   [BlackElo "2731"]   [PlyCount "163"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3     cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ng5 Qd7 15.   Qe2 Bc6 16. Bxa6 Bxa4 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Na3 Qb7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Nf3   Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Na3 Bc6 25. Bb5 Ne8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb5   Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Nd7 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Ne1 Nb8 32. Na7 Bd8 33. Nc2 Ke7     Nb4 Kd7 35. d5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Nc6 37. Nb5 Ne7 38. Ne3 d5 39. Kd3 Nc7 40. Nd4     g6 41. c4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 Nc6 43. Bxc7 Bxc7 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. Kb5 Kc7 46. Nd5+ Kb7     b4 f5 48. Kc4 Kc8 49. Nf4 Bc7 50. Ne6 Bd6 51. b5 Ne7 52. Nfg5 h5 53. Nf7     Bh2 54. Nf8 Bg1 55. f4 Be3 56. Ne5 g5 57. fxg5 Bxg5 58. Nfg6 Nxg6 59. Nxg6 Kd7     Kd5 Be3 61. Nh4 f4 62. Ng6 Bc1 63. Ne5+ Ke7 64. Nc4 Be3 65. g3 Bc1 66. gxf4     Bxf4 67. Nxb6 Bg3 68. Nc4 Kd7 69. b6 h4 70. Kc5 Kc8 71. Kc6 Kb8 72. Kb5 Kc8 73.   Kc6 Kb8 74. Nd2 Bf4 75. Ne4 Bg3 76. Nc5 Bh2 77. Kb5 Bg1 78. Nb3 Bh2 79. Ka6 Bg3     Nd4 Kc8 81. b7+ Kd7 82. Ka7 1-0

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.29"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E21"]   [WhiteElo "2746"]   [BlackElo "2776"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.     bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qh4 12. f3 d6 13. a4 Nc6 14. g3 Qh5     e4 Na5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Ba6 18. Bf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 d5 21.     Qb5 Rac8 22. Qc6 Rfe8 23. Rf2 Na5 24. Qd7 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxc7+ Kg8 27.   Bf4 Nc4 28. Rfe2 Kf7 29. Rf2 Kg8 30. Rfe2 Kf7 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]   [Site "Moscow RUS"]   [Date "2016.09.29"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D43"]   [WhiteElo "2761"]   [BlackElo "2743"]   [PlyCount "55"]   [EventDate "2016.09.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2     dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qh5 13. Nxc4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5     e5 O-O 16. Qe4 Nb6 17. Ne3 Qb4 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. e6 Bxe6 21.     Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bh3 Kh8 23. Bxe6 g5 24. Ng4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qg7 26. Ne5 Qf6 27. Bb3   Kg7 28. Ng4 1-0

Pairings of the 4th round

Kramnik-Anand

Gelfand-Li Chao

Tomashevsky-Mamedyarov

Svidler-Giri

Nepomniachtchi-Aronian

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