Round 3 results
| Aronian, Levon | – Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | – Nakamura, Hikaru | ½ |
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Wang Hao | ½ |
| Eljanov, Pavel | – Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 |
| Shirov, Alexei | – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
Standings after 3
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2801 | 2½ |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | 2 |
| 3. | Wang Hao | g | CHN | 2727 | 2 |
| 4. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2763 | 2 |
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2741 | 2 |
| 6. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | 2 |
| 7. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2791 | 1½ |
| 8. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 | 1 |
| 9. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2742 | 0 |
| 10. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2735 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian is clearly the best player today.