WR Chess Masters 2023
U trećem kolu su odlučene dvije partije. Aronian je pobjedio Abdusattorova dok je Praggnanandhaa pobjedio Keymera. Gukesh je remizirao sa Wesley So-om i sa njim dijeli 2-3 mjesto sa 2 poena. Posle 3. kola u vođstvu je Aronian sa 2,5 poena.
Aronian,L (2736) – Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2734) [B76]
WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER (3), 18.02.2023
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 h5 10.g5 Ne8 11.0–0–0 Qa5 12.Nb3 Bxc3
13.Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14.Bxd2 f6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.gxf6 Nxf6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bc4+ Kh7 19.Bg5 Kg7 20.Rhg1 a5 21.Rg2 Nd7 22.Rdg1 Ba6 23.Bb3 Nf8 24.Bd2 Bc8 25.a4 e5 26.Bc3 Be6 27.Rd2 Bxb3 28.cxb3 Re6 29.Rgd1 Rd8
30.f4 g5 31.f5 1–0
Nepomniachtchi,I (2793) – Giri,A (2780) [A28]
WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER (3), 18.02.2023
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qd6 8.g3 Qg6 9.d3 Be7 10.Bg2 0–0 11.0–0 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.c4 Nc6 17.Nf3 Bd6
18.a5 bxa5 19.c5 Bxc5 20.Bxe5 Bb6 21.Rfc1 Nb4 22.Qc4 c5 23.Bf4 Re8 24.Be3 Rbe7 25.Nd2 Qh5 26.Re1 Nd5 27.Nf1 h6 28.Rac1 Nf6 29.Qa4 Ng4 30.Rc4 f5 31.Qa2 Qf7 32.Ra4 Qxa2 33.Rxa2 c4
34.dxc4 Nxe3 35.Nxe3 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Rxe3 37.Rxa5 ½–½
Praggnanandhaa,R (2690) – Keymer,Vincent (2690) [C84]
WR Chess Masters 2023 Dusseldorf GER (3), 18.02.2023
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Bd2 0–0 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Rb8 11.a3 Re8 12.Nc3 Bf8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Ne7 15.Bb3 c5 16.a4 Bb7 17.Nh4 Qc7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qg4 Qc8 20.Qg3 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.Ba4 Bc6
23.Bxh6 Rxb2 24.Bc1 Rb7 25.Bg5 Bxa4 26.Rxa4 Qc6 27.Ra5 Qc7 28.Ra6 Nc6 29.c3 Rb3 30.Nf5 Nd4 31.Bf6 Ne6
32.Rxd6 Rxc3 33.Qxc3 Bxd6 34.Qg3 Bf8 35.Bxe5 Qd7 36.Kh2 Qb7 37.Qg4 Rd8 38.Rc1 Qa7 39.Rc2 Qc5 40.Nh6+ Kh7 41.Nxf7 Re8 42.f4 Kg8
43.Qg6 1–0
| Rezultati 3. kola (18.02.2023) | |||||
| Aronian, Levon | – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | 31 | B76 | Sicilian Modern Dragon |
| So, Wesley | – Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 33 | D20 | QGA |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | – Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 37 | A28 | English Four Knights |
| Esipenko, Andrey | – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 44 | E04 | Catalan |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | – Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 43 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack |
Stanje posle 3. kola
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | USA | 2736 | 2½ |
| 2. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2766 | 2 |
| 3. | Gukesh, D | g | IND | 2718 | 2 |
| 4. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2780 | 1½ |
| 5. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2734 | 1½ |
| 6. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2793 | 1½ |
| 7. | Esipenko, Andrey | g | FID | 2675 | 1½ |
| 8. | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2729 | 1 |
| 9. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2690 | 1 |
| 10. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2690 | ½ |