by Alex Yermolinsky
7/1/2017 – Day three showed no big surprises as far as the winner was concerned, with World no. 2 Wesley So winning the Rapid stage of the Leuven tournament with 14.0/18, two points ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who lost his final round game against Levon Aronian, and three points ahead of Magnus Carlsen, who stands at 11.0/18. There will still be 18 blitz games to follow over the weekend, so the event is still very much undecided. Report and analysis by GM Alex Yermolinsky.