U trećem kolu Erigaisi je savladao Niemanna dok su remijem završene partije Pranesh – Abdusattorov, Gukeš- Andrejkin i Sarin Firouzja. Tako je posle 3 kola na vrhu tabele Firouzja sa 2,5 poena, a pola poena manje ima Erigaisi.
Gukeš i Andrejikin su remizirali posle 54 poteza kada su na tabli ostali samo kraljevi.
| Rezultati 3.kola 2026/07/18 u 15:00 h | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | ||||||||
| 1 | 2757 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 1 – 0 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2730 | ||||||
| 2 | 2666 | GM | Pranesh, M | ½ – ½ | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2766 | ||||||
| 3 | 2717 | GM | Gukesh, D | ½ – ½ | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2710 | ||||||
| 4 | 2717 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | ½ – ½ | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2749 | ||||||
Stanje posle 3.kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | ||
| 1 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2749 | 2,5 | |
| 2 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2757 | 2 | |
| 3 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2717 | 1,5 | |
| 4 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2766 | 1,5 | |
| GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | FID | 2710 | 1,5 | ||
| 6 | GM | Pranesh, M | IND | 2666 | 1 | |
| GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2717 | 1 | ||
| GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2730 | 1 |
Erigaisi,Arjun (2757) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2730)
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 0–0 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Ne5 c6 8.0–0 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.f4 f5 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rfd1 Nc4 15.Bf2 Qa5 16.b3 Na3 17.Qb2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Rd4 b5 20.Rcd1 b4 21.Na4 Nb5 22.R4d3 d4 23.Bxd4 c5 24.Be3 c4 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Na3 27.Rxa5 Rxd1+ 28.Kf2 c3
29.Qc1 Rxc1 30.Bxc1 Rc7 31.e4 Nc2 32.exf5 Nd4 33.g4 Bh4+ 34.Ke3 Rd7 35.e6 Nc2+ 36.Kf3 Rd3+ 37.Ke2 Rh3 38.Rd5 Ne1 39.g5 Kf8 40.Nc5 c2 41.Rd8+ Ke7 42.Rd7+ Ke8
43.Nb7 1–0
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