The teams from Surgut, Tehran and Tula are in the lead.
In the Russian derby, the experienced Surgut team defeated the young Muscovites with a score of 2.5:1.5. Ilya Ilyushenok beat Stanislav Khudyakov, Alexey Pridorozhny was stronger than Vasily Titarov, Nikolay Kabanov lost to Marat Gilfanov, and the game I. Bocharov – D. Kirillov ended in a draw.
Grandmaster Ilya Ilyushenok says: “At first the game was not easy: from the opening my opponent deceived me a little. But, apparently, he mixed up something (as he told me after the game), and I began a decisive attack. Then came the combination, and after that came the victory.”
Marat Gilfanov also shared his impressions of the game: “I have mixed feelings about today’s game. It seems that there was equality all the time, then in the endgame I had time trouble, but for some reason my opponent started playing quickly and blundered.”
The men’s team of Tehran (Iran) defeated Baghdad (Iraq) with a clean score, despite the fact that Bardia Daneshvar, the strongest rated chess player of the tournament, did not play for it that day.
The Tula team defeated Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) with a score of 3:1. Daniil Manelyuk and Dmitry Rodin won their games.
Tehran (8 individual points), Tula (7) and Surgut (6) have 4 match points each.
The women’s team of Tehran is in fourth place with 3 match points: in the second round, the chess players beat Kathmandu (Nepal) with a score of 4:0.
In other matches, Penanag (Malaysia) defeated Sukhbaatar (Mongolia) 2.5:1.5, Colombo (Sri Lanka) beat Al Quds (Palestine) 4:0, and El Mahra (Yemen) – Muscat (Oman) ended in a draw.
The Khanty-Mansiysk team was free from the game.
Pairs of the 3rd round:
Tehran (men) – Surgut
Tehran (women) – Tula
Moscow – Penang
Pavlodar – Baghdad
Colombo – Muscat
Kathmandu – Al-Mahra
Sukhbaatar – Khanty-Mansiysk