The second diagram shows the position from Aronian's third-round game against Peter Svidler of Russia.

In another third-round game, top-seeded North Carolina was eliminated by Santa Clara, 1-0, ending the Tar Heels' 23-season streak of reaching the final four.

Along the way, he displayed a facility for blindfold chess that even Morozevich could not match, as in their third-round game.

In her third-round game with Sokolov, Polgar gave a good example of how she kept the opposition at arm's length throughout the tournament.

Every third-round game featured an MLS team against an A-League squad.

Hillcrest rallied from a 19-point deficit in a third-round game against Martin Luther King of Manhattan in advancing to yesterday's game with a 60-57 overtime triumph.

Henson returned to the lineup for the third-round game against Creighton.

Second- and third-round games are scheduled for next week, with the semifinals and final games March 29 and 30 at Madison Square Garden.

"This felt like a third-round game," he said.

That is exactly what he did in his third-round game at Cannes against Sylvain Ravot of France.