Standings after 3 rounds:
| 10th Karpov Poikovsky (RUS), 3-12 vi 2009 | cat. XVIII (2695) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2730 | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | . | 2½ | 2965 | |||||
| 2. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2½ | 2969 | |||||
| 3. | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2677 | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | 2½ | 2983 | |||||
| 4. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2660 | . | ½ | . | * | 1 | . | . | . | ½ | . | 2 | 2811 | |||||
| 5. | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2676 | . | . | . | 0 | * | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2820 | |||||
| 6. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | 1½ | 2704 | |||||
| 7. | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | ½ | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | 1 | 2574 | |||||
| 8. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2684 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | 2429 | |||||
| 9. | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2682 | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | . | * | . | ½ | 2402 | |||||
| 10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | 0 | ||||||
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Now Shirov 0-4 what happening to him? poor Shirov! inconsistent!