Zherebukh eliminates Mamedyarov!

Lysyj versus Dominguez

Yaroslav Zherebukh, a relatively unknown outsider, has done it again. This time his victim was No.3 seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov who is rated 150-odd points more than him. So in the third round, both the topmost and third highest players were eliminated whilst Vassily Ivanchuk, (No.2 seed) came back from the brink to qualify.

The only tie-breaks to go beyond the Rapids and into the Blitz phase was Igor Lysyj against Leinier Dominguez, the 2008 World Blitz Champion. Indeed it was decided in the Armageddon Blitz, where White has more time, but an obligation to win, which is exactly what the Cuban did.

Most of the favourites, but not all, managed to win today, for example Vassily Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov and Gata Kamsky all made it.

However, whereas No.9 seed Peter Svidler went through, Shakrhiyar Mamedyarov was the shock exit of the day.

Peter Svidler

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Here is a complete run-down of the tie-breaks, plus an indication of the pairings tomorrow.

Tie-break 1:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
16	Leinier Dominguez Perez	CUB	2719	1w	0b	½b	½w	½w	½b	½b	½w	1w	5
81	Igor Lysyj	RUS	2629	0b	1w	½w	½b	½b	½w	½w	½b	0b	4

Leinier Dominguez will meet Judit Polgar in the fourth round.

Tie-break 2:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
08	Gata Kamsky	USA	2741	1w	0b	1b	1w						3
25	Ian Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2711	0b	1w	0w	0b						1

Gata Kamsky will meet Peter Svidler in the fourth round.

Tie-break 3:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
24	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2711	½w	½b	0b	0w						1
09	Peter Svidler	RUS	2739	½b	½w	1w	1b						3

Tie-break 4:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
04	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2764	½w	½b	1b	½w						2.5
29	Zahar Efimenko	UKR	2706	½b	½w	0w	½b						1.5

The losing finalist last time around, Ruslan Ponomariov, will meet Lazaro Bruzon Batista in the next round.

Tie-break 5:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
20	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2715	½w	½b	0w	½b						1.5
52	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	CUB	2673	½b	½w	1b	½w						2.5

Tie-break 6:

Peter Heine Nielsen

Mircea-Emilian Parligras

The match featuring two of the outsiders led to a win for the Danish No.1.

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
76	Mircea Parligras	ROU	2636	½w	½b	0w	0b						1
44	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2681	½b	½w	1b	1w						3

Peter Heine Nielsen will meet Vugar Gashimov in the fourth round.

Tie-break 7:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
02	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2766	0w	1b	1b	1w						3
31	Emil Sutovsky	ISR	2700	1b	0w	0w	0b						1

Vassily Ivanchuk will meet Bu Xiangzhi in the fourth round.

Tie-break 8:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
94	Yaroslav Zherebukh	UKR	2590	½w	½b	1w	½b						2.5
03	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2746	½b	½w	0b	½w						1.5

The winners of tie-breaks 8 and 9 will meet in the fourth round. Few expected the name of Yaroslav Zherebukh to still be in the draw so far into the competition. He will play David Navara.

David Navara

Alexander Moiseenko

After yesterday's dramatic events, many will be particularly interested by the outcome of the following match. Their classical games lasted a total of 200 moves(!) and David Navara, who pressed in both games, and could have won yesterday if he was more ruthless, finally managed to qualify. Today, for once, they weren't the final pair to finish, but only the next to last!

Tie-break 9:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
14	David Navara	CZE	2722	½w	½b	1w	0b	1b	1w				4
19	Alexander Moiseenko	UKR	2715	½b	½w	0b	1w	0w	0b				2

A slight surprise in the following match, but Potkin is still the current European Champion.

Tie-break 10:

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	C1	C2	R1	R2	R3	R4	B1	B2	AB	Total
43	Vladimir Potkin	RUS	2682	½w	½b	1b	½w						2.5
11	Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2733	½b	½w	0w	½b						1.5

The winner of tie-break 10 will play Alexander Grischuk in round four, another all-Russian encounter!

The fourth round starts tomorrow on the 6th of September, with one game already known before today's tie-breaks:

Dmitry Jakovenko will meet Teimour Radjabov.

In total, of the top sixteen seeds, ten have survived to the fourth round.

For more information go to the official site: http://chess.ugrasport.com/

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