Grischuk, Carlsen and Aronian lead the event with 3.5 points. Gelfand and Anand shared 4th-5th with 2.5 points.
Carlsen-Gashimov was an interesting Q+p vs Q endgame:
Nakamura blundered a R vs Aronian in a blindforl game while having a winning position
Kuzubov won against Miton and is a sole leader with 5.5 points. GMs McShane, Hess, Halkias and Williams are sharing from 2nd to 5th.
There were two rounds yesterday and the five leaders lost half a point so far.
Review of round 4
Among players with 3 points only Halkias and Hess won, and WGM Sharevich who had 2.5 won against GM Fier. Here are the interesting games:
This game was particularly fighting with a basic R endgame in the end.
Results of top 10 boards
1 24 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM McShane Luke J 1
2 2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 3 0 – 1 3 GM Halkias Stelios 15
3 4 GM Sokolov Ivan 3 0 – 1 3 GM Hess Robert L 17
4 6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 3 ½ – ½ 3 IM Berbatov Kiprian 32
5 34 IM Ziska Helgi Dam 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Miton Kamil 11
6 23 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Adly Ahmed 5
7 8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Dronavalli Harika 25
8 10 GM Baklan Vladimir 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Sammalvuo Tapani 31
9 62 WGM Sharevich Anna 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Fier Alexandr 13
10 14 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 35
10 players are leading the event with 3 out of 3. Some notable results from 3rd round: IM Berbatov won against GM Hammer, IM Ziska won against Chatalbashev, IMs Sammalvuo, Gunnarsson, Thorfinsson drew GMs Hansen, Baklan and Gupta respectively.
The game Berbatov-Hammer reminded me of a game of mine from 2007 🙂
A very complex game by McShane.
Top 10 results from 3rd round
1 GM McShane Luke J 1 – 0 GM Williams Simon K
2 IM D’amore Carlo 0 – 1 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij
3 IM Grover Sahaj 0 – 1 GM Sokolov Ivan
4 IM Henrichs Thomas 0 – 1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 0 – 1 IM Berbatov Kiprian
6 IM Sammalvuo Tapani ½ – ½ GM Hansen Sune Berg
7 GM Chatalbashev Boris 0 – 1 IM Ziska Helgi Dam
8 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ½ – ½ GM Baklan Vladimir
9 GM Miton Kamil 1 – 0 IM Dearing Eddie
10 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi ½ – ½ GM Gupta Abhijeet
Top 10 pairings of the 4th round
1 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger – GM McShane Luke J
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij – GM Halkias Stelios
3 GM Sokolov Ivan – GM Hess Robert L
4 GM Kuzubov Yuriy – IM Berbatov Kiprian
5 IM Ziska Helgi Dam – GM Miton Kamil
6 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny – GM Adly Ahmed
7 GM Hansen Sune Berg – IM Dronavalli Harika
8 GM Baklan Vladimir – IM Sammalvuo Tapani
9 WGM Sharevich Anna – GM Fier Alexandr
10 GM Gupta Abhijeet – IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor
There were two notable results in round 2 – GM Thorhalsson won against 3rd top seed GM Gustafsson and FM Sveshnikov drew GM Adly.
One game was particularly interesting to those who wonder when to sacrifice, how to continue the attack and how to defend.
And another game where white tried to sacrifice material and get active play while Black was just gathering pawns.
So the question is – how to sacrifice and win?! 🙂 The answer – when you have a good positional foundation for it!
Top 10 results
1 IM Tiller Bjorn 0 – 1 GM McShane Luke J
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 1 – 0 FM Ariel Donny
3 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 1 – 0 GM Gustafsson Jan
4 GM Sokolov Ivan 1 – 0 IM Devereaux Maxim L
5 FM Sveshnikov Vladimir ½ – ½ GM Adly Ahmed
6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 1 – 0 IM Milliet Sophie
7 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 0 – 1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 1 – 0 FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor
9 IM Sareen Vishal 0 – 1 GM Chatalbashev Boris
10 GM Baklan Vladimir 1 – 0 FM Getz Nicolai
Top 10 boards of round 3
1 GM McShane Luke J – GM Williams Simon K
2 IM D’amore Carlo – GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij
3 IM Grover Sahaj – GM Sokolov Ivan
4 IM Henrichs Thomas – GM Kuzubov Yuriy
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig – IM Berbatov Kiprian
6 IM Sammalvuo Tapani – GM Hansen Sune Berg
7 GM Chatalbashev Boris – IM Ziska Helgi Dam
8 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor – GM Baklan Vladimir
9 GM Miton Kamil – Dearing Eddie
10 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi – GM Gupta Abhijeet
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