Judit makes a point to Badals

The second day of the third round of the 3 million event witnessed clinically precise victories by top seed Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Khalifman and Vassily Ivanchuk, while second-seeded Alexy Shirov had to undergo the gruelling tie-breakers after his shocking defeat to Brazilian Grandmaster Milos.

Magem employed the Caro-Kann Defence, well-known for its solid nature against the fiercely attacking Judit Polgar. The Hungarian girl went for an attack known after the former world champion Mikhail Botwinnik.

Judit8217;s pieces ran amuck and Magem8217;s King came under pressure. TheSpaniard accepted a poisoned pawn from the Hungarian GM and was soon checkmated in 40 moves.

Important results of the third round second game: Vladimir Kramnik bt Viktor Korchnoi; Judit Polgar bt Badals Magem; G Milos bt Alexie Shirov; Michael Adams bt Zoltan Almasi; Karen Asrian lost to A Khalifman; Sergei Shipov lost to Vassily Ivanchuk; Boris Gelfand drew with Joel Lautier; Peter Leko drew with S.Movsezian.