Martirosyan defeats Carlsen on Day 3 in Budapest

BUDAPEST: Haik Martirosyan defeated Magnus Carlsen to take the outright lead in Group C on the third day of the Fast Classic group stage at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot in Budapest.

Andrew Hong also caused an upset by handing Group A leader Alireza Firouzja his first defeat of the group stage.

Games 5 and 6 produced 10 decisive results from 24 games. Each player again faced the same opponent twice with colors reversed, with three points awarded for a win and one for a draw.

After six games per player, all four groups have outright leaders. Firouzja heads Group A on 11 points, Fabiano Caruana leads Group B on 14, Martirosyan tops Group C on 10 and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leads Group D on 12.