After 4 rounds, GMs Morozevich and Ivanchuk are tied for the lead. With his win over Morozevich today, Caruana joins Vachier-Lagrave in a tie for 3rd.
Here are the standings after 4 rounds:
| 1. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2703 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2751 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2670 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2755 | 1½ | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2714 | 1½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I told you Fabiano will win his last 7 games. 1 down, 6 to go.
1 point from 1 to 6 – everything is possible, for me Ivanchuk seems to be in a good ride.