Round 4 results:
| B. Gelfand | 1/2 |
V. Topalov |
| V. Gashimov | 1/2 |
L. Aronian |
| A. Grischuk | 1/2 |
F. Vallejo |
Standings after 4 rounds:
|
1.
|
Topalov, Veselin
|
2.5
|
g
|
BUG
|
2805
|
|
2.
|
Grischuk, Alexander |
2.5
|
g
|
RUS
|
2736
|
|
3.
|
Vallejo, Francisco |
2.0
|
g
|
ESP
|
2705
|
|
4.
|
Aronian, Levon |
2.0
|
g
|
ARM
|
2781
|
|
5.
|
Gashimov, Vugar |
1.5
|
g
|
AZE
|
2759
|
|
6.
|
Gelfand, Boris |
1.5
|
g
|
ISR
|
2761
|
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Too many draws.
I don’t get this Linares. Where are Kramnik, Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Grischuk, Polgar, Karjakin, Caruana, Morozovich? Isn’t this supposed to be the most prestigious tournament in the world?
They should re-name Deadares…
Yeah, 7 draws out of nine games. Not saying that the players aren’t trying, but it has been a bit of a snoozefest so far.
I am also not in favour of this new trend to have the super tournaments very exclusive – MTel, Nanjing, now Linares. I guess they are going for the “highest average rating”, which youc an’t achieve with 14 players, but I still prefer Corus. And didn’t the greatest tournament of the modern era, Linares 1994, have 14 players?