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Yesterday was a day of draws and missed possibilities. Grischuk leads with 3.5 out of 4, Kramnik is 2nd with 2.5. Ding, Leko and Aronian have 2 points.

Results of the 4th round

Ding Liren 1.5 1/2 3 Grischuk
Kramnik 2 1/2 1 Gelfand
Leko 1.5 1/2 1.5 Aronian
Morozevich 1 1/2 0.5 Inarkiev

Games of the round

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.08"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D91"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2759"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.  cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5  Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Ne1 Nc6 17. g4 Be4 18. Bf3 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rab1 b6  21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Rc8  27. Nd4 a6 28. f4 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 b5 30. h4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Ke6 32. Re4+ Kd6 33.  Rd4+ Ke6 34. Re4+ Kd6 35. Rd4+ Ke6 36. Ke4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.08"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D36"]  [WhiteElo "2724"]  [BlackElo "2688"]  [PlyCount "92"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.  Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Rde1 Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. g4  Ng7 15. Nf4 h5 16. h3 Kb8 17. Rhg1 Qd6 18. Bf1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rh7 20. a4 a5 21.  Qb3 Nd7 22. Kb1 Rh2 23. Na2 g5 24. Nd3 f6 25. Qc3 b6 26. b4 axb4 27. Naxb4 Rc8  28. Rc1 Kb7 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 c5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Ka7 33. Qd3 Nxe5 34.  Qa6+ Kb8 35. dxe5 Qd8 36. Nc2 Bd5 37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Bc4 Bxc4 39. Qxc4 Nd4 40.  Nxd4 cxd4 41. Qxd4 Qc7 42. Qd6 Ka7 43. Qxc7+ Rxc7 44. Rc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kxc1 Re2  46. Rf1 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.08"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D38"]  [WhiteElo "2731"]  [BlackElo "2797"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8.  Bh4 c5 9. e3 Qa5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf5 g6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Nb6  15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa4 17. Qb1 Qe8 18. f3 Kg7 19. h3 h5 20. e4 f6 21. exd5  fxe5 22. Rxe5 Qa4 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Qc1 Rf7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bd3 27. Re7  Nxd5 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qg5 Qc6 30. Re5 Rf8 31. Rxd5 Kg8 32. f4 Qa4 33. Re5 Re8  34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. f5 Kh7 36. Bg3 gxf5 37. gxf5 Qf7 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. f6 Qg6 40.  Kf2 Kf7 41. Be5 Bb1 42. Qg3 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.11.08"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Ding, Liren"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E60"]  [WhiteElo "2730"]  [BlackElo "2795"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.11.04"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 8.  Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4 12. Nd5 Bxd4 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bxe4  Bxa1 15. Be3 Be5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bxa7 Bh3 18. Rd1 Ra8 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Be3 Rxa2  21. Kf2 Rb2 22. Rb1 Ra2 23. Bxb7 Bf5 24. Rc1 Rb2 25. c5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxb3 27.  Bf3 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Bc5 e5 30. e3 exf4 31. exf4 h5 32. Ke3 Bb2 33. Kf2  Bc3 34. Ke3 Bb2 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

Aronian – Kramnik
Grischuk – Leko
Inarkiev – Ding Liren
Gelfand – Morozevich

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