If you haven't yet read Peter Doggers article on Chessvibes covering the third round of Bilbao 2009 then I encourage you to run over there and take a look.

The event so far has seen no end to decisive games. I'm a little sad to see Shirov be the punching bag in the field but Ivanchuk managed to bounce back a few months ago from a similar situation. I must admit that around this time two years ago I would have been shocked by Aronians showing here but we've been seeing more and more good things coming from him. The question to me becomes ... What will Grischuk do in his second encounter with Aronian in this event?