World Cup chess Round 3 - Tomorrow's rapid and blitz games

There are some interesting pairings for round 3 rapid games. Obviously the most interesting is the Ivanchuk (Ukraine) - Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania). Ivanchuk should still be the favorite but you never know. Sasikiran probably missed a win in an ending which he should have won with accurate play in the 2nd game of the 3rd round. He takes on the hero of the second round, Macieja Bartolomiej.
Levon Arorian, surprisingly plays Ernesto Inarkiev of Russia to try and advance to the next round. Sergei Rublevsky and Peter Svidler too fight it out in the extended games tomorrow. Svidler is the firm favorite here. Alexander Grischuk - Evgeny Bareev will be another slugfest with Grischuk expected to win. Karjakin and Bacrot have stayed true to their rating and brought the situation to a 1-1 so far.

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