Games from round 4:
[White “Ivanchuk, V.”]
[Black “Gelfand, B.”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng3 e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Be6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rf4 Rf6 21. g4 Rg6 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Raf1 Be6 24. Ba3 h6 25. Qc2 Kh7 26. R1f3 Rd8 27. Rg3 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Bb4 1/2-1/2
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[White “Vachier Lagrave, M.”]
[Black “Alekseev, E”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 h6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Be3 d5 13. Bc2 c5 14. O-O Be6 15. a3 Qc7 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 c4 1/2-1/2
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Go Boris!
Yeah, looks drawish Alkseev’s game.