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The World Chess Candidates Tournament – London 2013 4th round

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The 4th round was again very interesting! Carlsen got a pleasant position with white against Grischuk, and kept on pressing until Black did a couple of inaccuracies (17…f5 and 18…Qg6). Then, Black got into time pressure and lost. Aronian drew Svidler, who played fast and got a very easy game for a pawn, admitting later that he had a rest day thanks to his preparation :). Kramnik got a good position with Black against Radjabov but in the end had to agree to a draw as he didn’t manage to breakthrough. Ivanchuk played the Chigorin Defense against Gelfand and offered many sacrifices until a perpetual check was found :).

So, Carlsen and Aronian share 1st-2nd with 3 points and Svidler is 3rd with 2.5.

Round 5 on 2013/03/20 at 14.00 (local time)

GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 – GM Carlsen Magnus 2872
GM Svidler Peter 2747 – GM Gelfand Boris 2740
GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 – GM Aronian Levon 2809
GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793

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The World Chess Candidates Tournament – London 2013 3rd round

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There were three decisive games yesterday! Aronian won against Ivanchuk who lost on time, Svidler got a very familiar position against Radjabov and won a nice game, not allowing any counterplay. Carlsen won against Gelfand in an interesting endgame where white shouldn’t have exchanged the queens. Grischuk drew Kramnik in a Gruenfeld game.

Aronian is leading the event with 2.5 out of 3, Svidler and Carlsen are on 2.

Today is a rest day!

Pairings of tomorrow

Round 4 on 2013/03/19 at 14.00

GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2764
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 – GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810
GM Aronian Levon 2809 – GM Svidler Peter 2747
GM Gelfand Boris 2740 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757

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