King's Tournament Round 2-3 Report

Round 3: Ivanchuk - Caruna was drawn in 34 moves in a Ruy Lopez

After 3 Rounds of the 2012 King's Tournament in Bucharest, Romania, Vassily Ivanchuk retains the lead with 2.0/3.  See Thursday's post for Round 1 results and details on this Category 20 Tournament.

In round 2, both games were drawn:
Topalov (2769) - Ivanchuk (2763) was drawn in 65 moves in a Closed Ruy Lopez with 6.d3 (C84)
Caruana (2786) - Nisipeanu (2668) was drawn in 36 moves in an Advance Caro-Kann (B12)


In round 3, both games were also drawn

Nisipeanu - Topalov was drawn in 31 moves in a 2. c3 Sicilian (B22)
Ivanchuk - Caruana was drawn in 34 moves in a Ruy Lopez: Zaitsev (C92)



Standings after Round 3:
1. Ivanchuk: 2.0/3
2-3. Caruana, Topalov: 1.5/3
4. Nisipeanu: 1.0/3



Live Rating Changes after Round 3:
Ivanchuk (2763, 2866 Performance): +4.1 to 2767.1, #9 on the Live Rankings (+2)
Topalov (2769, 2739P): -1.3 to 2767.7, #8 on the Live Rankings (=)
Caruana (2786, 2733P): -2.1 to 2783.9, #5 on the Live Rankings (=)
Nisipeanu (2668, 2648P): -0.7 to 2667.3, #85 on the Live Rankings (-1)

Tomorrow's Round 4 Pairings:
Caruana - Topalov
Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk

Stay posted for two more reports (after Round 5 and at the conclusion of the tournament).