Ciudad de Pamplona Chess - Vallejo Pons in the lead

Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain is in the lead after 3 rounds of the Ciudad de Pamplona chess tournament. He was held to a draw by the experienced Beliavsky. Khamrakulov was the lone winner today. He beat young Maxim Rodshtein. The other two games were drawn.

Top seed Wang Yue was held to a draw, the third straight time. He has been fairly active this year and it remains to be seen if he can whip himself into action soon. The local players are stealing the thunder for now.

Round 3 on 2007/12/24

GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 1 - 0 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615
GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 ½ - ½ GM WANG, Yue 2703
GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 ½ - ½ GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660
GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ½ - ½ GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670

Merry Christmas break on 2007 12/25

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - MAGISTRAL
Ranking after round 3

1 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 ESP 2½
2 GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 SLO 2
3 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 ESP 2
4 GM WANG, Yue 2703 CHN 1½
5 GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 SVK 1½
6 GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 ISR 1½
7 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 GEO 1
8 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673 ARM ½

Round 4 Pairings to be played on 2007/12/26

GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 - GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 - GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673
GM WANG, Yue 2703 - GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646
GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 - GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644