Nanjing Super GM 2008 Rounds 3 and 4

Sorry I missed Round 3, I had a very bad day yesterday, slept most of it away. Here are Round 3 and partial round 4 results.

Round 3 results:

GM Ivanchuk Vassily 1/2-1/2 GM Topalov Veselin
GM Movsesian Sergei 1/2-1/2 GM Aronian Levon
GM Bu Xiangzhi 1/2-1/2 GM Svidler Peter

All hostilities end in a truce in round 3, leaving round 3 standings at as follows:


1-2 GM Levon Aronian, GM Bu Xiangzhi 2

3-4 GM Veselin Topalov, GM Sergei Movsesian 1.5

5-6 GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Peter Svidler 1

Round 4 Results:

GM Movsesian Sergei 1/2-1/2 GM Topalov Veselin
GM Bu Xiangzhi 1/2-1/2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily
GM Svidler Peter 1/2-1/2 GM Aronian Levon

Again, peaceful outcomes to all of the games, they are playing it safe it seems, but after 46 moves Deep Rybka 3 Human had the Svidler-Aronian game equal = So it's not like they aren't trying.

Round 4 Standings:

1-2 GM Levon Aronian, GM Bu Xiangzhi 2.5

3-4 GM Veselin Topalov, GM Sergei Movsesian 2.0

5-5 GM Vassily Ivanchuk, GM Peter Svidler 1.5