2011 FIDE Candidates matches:Game 3 round 1: Gelfand wins!

The third games of the four first round  FIDE Candidates matches were played today in Kazan,   Tatarstan. Only one of today's games had a decisive result, that being GM Boris Gelfand's victory over GM Mamedyarov in 39 moves with Gelfand playing the Black pieces. These results mean the following standings exist in these matches after 3 games:

Scoreboard Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Levon Aronian ARM 2808 ½ ½ ½ 1.5 Alexander Grischuk  RUS 2747 ½ ½ ½ 1.5 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2785 ½ ½ ½ 1.5 Teimour Radjabov  AZE 2744 ½ ½ ½ 1.5 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Veselin Topalov BUL 2775 ½ 0 ½ 1.0 Gata Kamsky USA 2732 ½ 1 ½ 2.0 Nat. Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot. Perf Boris Gelfand ISR 2733 ½ ½ 1 2.0 Shak. Mamedyarov  AZE 2772 ½ ½ 0 1.0

The fourth game of these matches will be played tomorrow, Sunday May 8th in Kazan.

Here are the moves from all of the games played today: