GCT Cote d’Ivoire Rapids /Rd1-3
After three rounds of rapid play, Magnus Carlsen and Wei Yi lead with 5/6.
Magnus Carlsen starts the day off fighting , winning Round 1 against Wesley So then beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 2 with a feisty Sicilian defense..
Rd2 Nepomniachtchi – Carlsen 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc2 f5 16. Nb4 Bf6 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a4 Nc5 19. Be3 Nxa4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. b3 f4 22. bxa4 fxe3 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bg5 25. b6 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Rf1 Qf7 28. Qe2 e4 29. h4 e3 30. hxg5 Re8 31. Kh2 Bg4 32. Qxg4 e2 33. b7 Qxb7 34. Rxf2 e1=Q 35. Qf5 Qe3 36. Rf3 Qe2 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Qg4 Qbxd5 39. Nf5 Qde6 40. Qh5 Qg6 41. Qg4 h5 42. Qc4+ d5 43. Qb5 Qxg5 44. Qd7 h4 45. Rf1 hxg3+ 46. Kg1 g6 47. Bxd5+ Kh8 0-1
Pleasant Surprise Wei Yi starts round 1 with a draw against Veselin Topalov. Wins round 2 against Bassem Amin,and wins round 3 against Ding Liren..
Rd2 Wei – Amin 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4 Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bg2 e5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Be4 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc3 21. Qd3 Na4 22. f4 Rac8 23. f5 g6 24. f6+ Kd8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Be3 Rc7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Rg4 Kb8 29. c5 Rd8 30. cxd6 Qc3+ 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Re4 Rxa3 33. Rxe5 Nb2 34. Rc1 Rxd6 35. Bf4
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U.S. Current Champion Hikaru Nakamura close behind with 4/6. Round 2 draws Sergey Karjakin and in Round 3 draws against Magnus Carlsen..
Rd1 Nakamura – Vachier-Lagrave 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Ne4 13. Re2 O-O-O 14. f3 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kc3 Red8 28. h5 Bh7 29. Bf1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. d4 Rxh5 35. Bc4 Kc7 36. Rdg2 f4 37. Be6 Re7 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Bc8 Bf5 41. Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Kc4 Kg6 45. d5 h4 46. d6 h3 47. Re7 Rf8 48. Kd5 Rh8 49. Re1 Kg5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Kh4 52. Re8 1-0
Standings after round 3. In the rapid a win is worth 2 points, a draw is 1 point and a loss is 0
