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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
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