Only 14 players remain perfect after 3 rounds. One of the top seeds Mickey Adams was held to a draw by FM Pechenkin (2366).
Here are the leaders after 3 rounds:
# |
Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Tot |
1 |
IM Irina Krush |
2481 |
W69 |
W56 |
W33 |
3.0 |
2 |
IM Artiom Samsonkin |
2612 |
W102 |
W64 |
W43 |
3.0 |
3 |
FM Eric Hansen |
2472 |
W103 |
W59 |
W35 |
3.0 |
4 |
FM Raja Panjwani |
2418 |
W104 |
W60 |
W41 |
3.0 |
5 |
GM Xue Zhao |
2544 |
W161 |
W58 |
W44 |
3.0 |
6 |
IM Michael Mulyar |
2440 |
W132 |
W57 |
W45 |
3.0 |
7 |
GM Alexei Shirov |
2748 |
W100 |
W89 |
W36 |
3.0 |
8 |
GM Anton Kovalyov |
2586 |
W129 |
W63 |
W38 |
3.0 |
9 |
IM Leonid Gerzhoy |
2530 |
W101 |
W86 |
W39 |
3.0 |
10 |
GM Hua Ni |
2701 |
W128 |
W87 |
W34 |
3.0 |
11 |
GM Victor Mikhalevski |
2631 |
W152 |
W95 |
W42 |
3.0 |
12 |
GM Mark Bluvshtein |
2598 |
W177 |
W55 |
W37 |
3.0 |
13 |
IM Dmitry Zilberstein |
2437 |
W130 |
W90 |
W46 |
3.0 |
14 |
GM Surya Ganguly |
2637 |
W131 |
W123 |
W40 |
3.0 |
Official website: http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-results.html
That’s a big draw.