Round 4 results
| July 22nd: 4th round (from 2 PM) | |||
| Alexei Shirov | – | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½ – ½ |
| Alexander Morozevich | – | Yannick Pelletier | ½ – ½ |
| Magnus Carlsen | – | Fabiano Caruana | 1 – 0 |
Standings after 4 rounds
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2815 | 10 |
| 2. | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2694 | 6 |
| 3. | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2714 | 5 |
| 4. | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2722 | 3 |
| Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2590 | 3 | |
| 5. | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2711 | 2 |
Notes:
Games are scored 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss!
Time control: 40 moves/2 hours, 20 moves/1 hour and 15 minutes + 30”/move
Possible tie-break for the 1st place in case of equality between 2 or more players after the last round
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
If the tournament was organised where a win was worth 10 points and a draw 5 points, would your title be “Carlsen leads by 10 points after 4 rounds”?
My solidarity to all the Norwegians.
And the victims of Oslo.
Stef from Italy.
Far-sighted exchange sacrifice by Carlsen enlivens dull looking, dead even Scotch game. It was probably still an even game after the sacrifice, but not easy for Caruana to find his way in the resulting labyrinth. He didn’t. Carlsen is just an amazing player.
Lucymarie
I agree with Lucymarie. Carlsen just doesn’t let you rest and settle for a dry position, ever. However, but for the blunder at the end dropping the piece, Caruana played Carlsen well. He should have gotten the half-point.