Xiong Jeffery pobjedio Sama Shanklanda
U trećem kolu tri su partije završene odlučeno. Xiong Jeffery je pobjedio Shanklanada i sa 2,5 poena nalazi se u vođstvu. Pola poena manje imaju Nakamura (pobjedio Seviana), So (remizirao sa Akobianom) i Dominguez (pobjedio Robsona).
Nakamura,Hi (2746) – Sevian,Samuel (2642) [A28]
ch-USA 2019 Saint Louis USA (3), 22.03.2019
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bg4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bb2 0-0 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.0-0 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qg5 16.Rae1 Nb8
17.d4 Nc6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Rd1 Rfd8 20.Rd5 Rxd5 21.cxd5 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qd3 c5 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Qxd4 c5 26.Qd6 cxb4 27.axb4 Qb5 28.Rc1 h6 29.Qc6 Qa6 30.b5 Qa5 31.Rd1 Rb8 32.Kh2 Qa2 33.Qc7 Qa8 34.Rd7 Rf8 35.Qxb6 Qxe4 36.Qd6 Qe6 37.Qxe6 fxe6 38.b6 Kh7 39.b7 Kg6 40.Rc7 Rb8 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Rxg7 Rd8 43.f3 e5 44.Rc7 Rb8 45.Kf2 e4 46.fxe4+ Kxe4 47.Kg3 Kf5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Rc6+ 1-0
Shankland,S (2731) – Xiong,Jeffery (2663) [C45]
ch-USA 2019 Saint Louis USA (3), 22.03.2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nb3 Qg6 6.f3 Nf6 7.Bf4 Bb4+ 8.Kf2 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Bxc7 d6 12.e5 Bh4+ 13.Kf1 Qh6 14.exd6 Re8 15.Nc3 Ne5 16.Nc5
16…Nxf3 17.N3e4 Bg4 18.d7 Re5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd2 Qc6 21.h3 Bxd7 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Qc3 Qh6 24.g4 f5 25.gxf5 Re8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Rg1 Qe3 28.Rg2 Nf4 29.Rh2 Nxh3 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf3+ 34.Kg1
34…Bd8 35.Rf1 Bb6+ 36.Nf2 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Nh3+ 39.Rxh3 Qxh3 40.Qf4 Nf6 41.Bb5 Re4 0-1
Robson,R (2667) – Dominguez Perez,L (2739) [C65]
ch-USA 2019 Saint Louis USA (3), 22.03.2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Nb3 Qe7 9.Na5 0-0-0 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Nc4 Qf6 13.b4 Nf8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Ne6 17.Be3 Rhf8 18.c3 f5 19.Rfd1 Rf6 20.d4 exd4 21.cxd4 fxe4 22.Nxd6+ cxd6 23.fxe4 d5 24.e5 Rf5 25.b5
25…c5 26.dxc5 d4 27.Bd2 Nxc5 28.b6 axb6 29.Rxb6 Rxe5 30.Rc1 Rdd5 31.Rb5 Kd7 32.Ba5 d3 33.Kf1 d2 34.Bxd2 Rxd2 35.Rcxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Rxa2 37.Rh5 h6 38.Rf5 Kc6 39.Rf7 b5 40.Rxg7 b4 41.Rg3 Kb5 42.Kg2 Ra3 43.Rg8 Ra6 44.Kf3 b3 45.Rg1 Kb4 46.Ke4 b2 47.Rb1 Kc3 48.f4 Ra1 49.Rxb2 Kxb2 50.f5 Rf1 51.Ke5 Rh1 0-1
| Rezultati 3. kola (22. mart, 2019) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Sevian, Samuel | 1-0 | 49 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | – So, Wesley | ½-½ | 40 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
| Shankland, Samuel | – Xiong, Jeffery | 0-1 | 41 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
| Liang, Awonder | – Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 34 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin | |
| Robson, Ray | – Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 0-1 | 51 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Gareyev, Timur | – Lenderman, Aleksandr | ½-½ | 76 | E46 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
Stanje posle 3. kola
| 1. | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2663 | 2½ |
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2746 | 2 |
| 3. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2762 | 2 |
| 4. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2739 | 2 |
| 5. | Akobian, Varuzhan | g | USA | 2625 | 1½ |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2828 | 1½ |
| 7. | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2642 | 1½ |
| 8. | Lenderman, Aleksandr | g | USA | 2637 | 1½ |
| 9. | Shankland, Samuel | g | USA | 2731 | 1 |
| 10. | Liang, Awonder | g | USA | 2590 | 1 |
| 11. | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2667 | 1 |
| 12. | Gareyev, Timur | g | USA | 2557 | ½ |