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    The Indian Express, India
    March 17 2013


    Aronian pushes ahead

    New Delhi, Mon Mar 18 2013

    The Candidates tournament came alive in round three, with three of the
    four boards providing decisive results on Sunday. Levon Aronian
    registered his second win in as many games to maintain his lead, while
    victories for Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler meant that the Armenian
    did not get out of sight. Aronian is currently on 2.5 points while
    Carlsen and Svidler follow closely behind on 2. Vladimir Kramnik's
    draw against Alexander Grishchuk meant both ended the first set of
    matches on 1.5 points each.

    Vassily Ivanchuk, who went down to Teimour Radjabov yesterday,
    continued on the downward spiral losing on time once more. Playing
    white, Ivanchuk opened with the Trampowsky attack, and took up an
    aggressive stance through the initial phase. Aronian calmly weathered
    Ivanchuk's king side attack and once white's threat fizzled out, black
    not just had a promising position but was also up on time. Ivanchuk,
    having to make 19 moves in eight minutes, let his position slip
    steadily. Aronian had several crushing moves at his disposal, but
    instead kept the position complicated, hoping to either win on time or
    elicit a blunder from the hard-pressed Ivanchuk. Eventually, though
    down on material, Aronian breached Ivanchuk's defences, cleaning up on
    the queen side to bear down on white's king. However, he could not
    complete the formalities, as Ivanchuk's flag had already fallen.

    Radjabov, playing black against Svidler, went for the Samisch
    Variation of the King's Indian defense. Inaccuracies in the opening
    saw Radjabov go behind on time and material.

    Magnus Carlsen pulled out a typical win, as he kept things tight and
    drew a fatal error from Gelfand deep in the end game.

    http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aronian-pushes-ahead/1089573/0

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