Staunton Memorial Round 3 Results:
Timman, Jan – Cherniaev, Alexander ½-½
Van Wely, Loek – Wells, Peter ½-½
L’Ami, Erwin – Adams, Michael ½-½
Werle, Jan – Speelman, Jon ½-½
Smeets, Jan – Sokolov, Ivan 1-0
Wade, Robert – Short, Nigel 0-1
Standings after 3 rounds:
1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2735 2½
2. Timman, Jan g NED 2562 2½
3. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2644 2
4. Wells, Peter g ENG 2526 2
5. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2610 1½
6. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 1½
7. Smeets, Jan g NED 2593 1½
8. Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 1½
9. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2658 1
10. Cherniaev, Alexander g RUS 2431 1
11. Speelman, Jon g ENG 2524 1
12. Wade, Robert m ENG 2167 0
Official website: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml
I remember people bleating noises about who is better: Adams or Short?
Now we have an answer unless the bleatingbegins about the difference between a match and a tournament from those Kramnik and Topalov fans…
Adams re-enters the top 10 on the live rating list, above Shirov.