The volunteers and the organisational team got together for the traditional picture before the start of Round 3. Holger Mende, treasurer of the ICCD made the ceremonial first move on the 1st Board to start the 3rd round. This round saw a lot of hard fought games and long games. Lot of the games were yet again decisive again – only 6 draws in 36 games. In the overall ranking there are currently only 4 players without any points. Therefore, some sort of decision can only be expected after a few more rounds.