Three rounds have been played in the main tournaments of the International RSSU Cup Moscow Open 2013. The table of competitions among veterans is topped by rating-favourite, the renowned chess theorist from Chelyabinsk grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov, who has won three games. Nine more chess players have shown the same result. So the real battle is yet to come.

The number of the players with a perfect score has been reduced to eight in the open division of the Russian Cup, and only two of them are Russians. They are Pavel Ponkratov and Alexander Danin, who should have a game in the fourth round with rating-favourite Rauf Mamedov from Azerbaijan.

In the women's open division there are eight leaders too, but here the ratio of Russians is reversed with six of the players Russian. Narmin Kazimova (Azerbaijan) and Lanita Stetsko (Belarus) keep company with host.

In the student grandmaster tournaments Dinara Saduakasova (Kazakhstan) in the women's division has the best result. Today she won her the third victory, beating Varvara Saulina (Russia). The leader is pursued by two Russians – Anastasia Savina and Dina Drozdova, lagging behind the Kazakh chess player by one point. In the men's division Russians Vladimir Belous and Yury Eliseev share first place. Both chess players finished their third round games in a draw and now have 2,5 points. A half-point behind are Alexander Shimanov (Russia) and Burak Firat (Turkey).

Games of the fourth round of competitions will take place on Tuesday, February 5.