MOSCOW, Jul 22 Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi takes sixth place in the third day the third stage of the Grand Chess Tour, which takes place in Zagreb. On the third day, the grandmasters played three games of rapid. Nepomniachtchi won with white against Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, with black against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and lost with black against Croatian Ivan Sarich. Sarich, and also drew with black with the American Wesley So.After nine rounds, the table looks like this:1. Jorden van Forest (12, Netherlands); 2. Magnus Carlsen (11, Norway);2. Alireza Firouzja (11 points, France); 2. Wesley So (11, USA);5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (10, France);6. Ian Nepomniachtchi (9, Russia); 7. Shahriyar Mamedyarov (8, Azerbaijan);8. Leinier Dominguez (7, USA);9. Ivan Sarich (6, Croatia); 10. Veselin Topalov (5, Bulgaria). Blitz competitions will be held from July 23 to 24.
