The third round of the Mikhail Tal Memorial, underway in Moscow, became success for the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian . Playing White, Aronian was able to defeat Peter Leko (Hungary) and now has 2 points in the asset.
In the third round Viswanathan Anand (India), who shares shares 1-2 places with Aronian, won a victory over his rival Peter Svidler (Russia).
Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) played a draw.
The following parties are underway:
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) – Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)
Alexander Morozevich (Russia) – Vladimir Kramnik (Russia).
