Fabiano Caruana sole leader of Tata Steel after R4

Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader of the 2016 Tata Steel tournament. After four rounds, the Italian / US grandmaster has collected 3,0/4. This is half a point more than the chasing pack – Wesley So, Sergey Karjakin, Yifan Hou, Ding Liren, and Pavel Eljanov.

Caruana was close to scoring his third victory in Tata Steel against the local hero Anish Giri with black. A possible continuation 55… Rd6 56. Ra8 e3 57. Re8 Kf3 59. Rf8+ Ke4 60. Rf1 e2 61. Re1 Kf3 or the alternative could have sealed a full point, but the game ended in a draw (replay the game here).

The lucky escape of Anish Giri does not improve much the situation for the local players. Giri is shared 13th with 1,5/4, while Van Wely lost his game today against Eljanov and is last with 1,0/4.

The top seeded player in the event – World Champion Magnus Carlsen – shook hands with Shakhryar Mamedyarov for a fourth consecutive draw. The Norwegian is currently 7th with 2,0/4, the same points as Chinese prodigy Wei Yi.

Victorious today were Sergey Karjakin, Yifan Hou, and Pavel Eljanov, all now at shared second.

Replay round 4 with computer analysis

 

Round 4 results

• Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhryar Mamedyarov [1/2-1/2]
• Anish Giri vs Fabiano Caruana [1/2-1/2]
• Michael Adams vs Yi Wei [1/2-1/2]
• Yifan Hou vs David Navara [1-0]
• Wesley So vs Liren Ding [1/2-1/2]
• Pavel Eljanov vs Loek Van Wely [1-0]
• Sergey Karjakin vs Evgeny Tomashevsky [1-0]

Tata Steel 2016 standings

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Caruana, F.	3.0 / 4	2787	2980						1	½		½					1
2	So, W.	2.5 / 4	2773	2847			½	½	½				1
3	Hou, Y.	2.5 / 4	2673	2855		½		½	½								1
4	Karjakin, S.	2.5 / 4	2769	2799		½	½							½	1
5	Ding, L.	2.5 / 4	2766	2842		½	½						½					1
6	Eljanov, P.	2.5 / 4	2760	2815	0							½		1		1
7	Carlsen, M.	2.0 / 4	2844	2743	½							½				½	½
8	Wei, Y.	2.0 / 4	2706	2769						½	½				½			½
9	Giri, A.	1.5 / 4	2798	2677	½	0			½								½
10	Van Wely, L.	1.5 / 4	2640	2664				½		0					½	½
11	Tomashevsky, E.	1.5 / 4	2728	2629				0				½		½		½
12	Mamedyarov, S.	1.5 / 4	2747	2656						0	½			½	½
13	Navara, D.	1.5 / 4	2730	2678			0				½		½					½
14	Adams, M.	1.0 / 4	2744	2554	0				0			½					½

 

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In the Challengers section GM Alexei Dreev continues his domination. After a victory with black vs GM Mikhail Antipov, Dreev continues with perfect score 4,0/4. Replay all games of the round here

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Dreev, A.	4.0 / 4	2644	3328							1		1	1				1
2	Baskaran, A.	3.5 / 4	2653	2874									½	1		1	1
3	Safarli, E.	3.0 / 4	2653	2739									1		1	½	½
4	Nisipeanu, L.	2.5 / 4	2679	2610						1					½	½	½
5	l’Ami, E.	2.5 / 4	2627	2592									0	½		1		1
6	Batsiashvili, N.	2.0 / 4	2485	2589				0				1			0		1
7	Antipov, M.	2.0 / 4	2567	2531	0							1		0				1
8	van Foreest, J.	2.0 / 4	2541	2505						0	0				1			1
9	Bok, B.	1.5 / 4	2607	2557	0	½	0		1
10	Ju, W.	1.5 / 4	2548	2536	0	0			½		1
11	Sevian, S.	1.5 / 4	2578	2503			0	½		1		0
12	Admiraal, M.	1.0 / 4	2441	2460		0	½	½	0
13	Abasov, N.	1.0 / 4	2556	2425		0	½	½		0
14	Haast, A.	0.0 / 4	2391	1795	0				0		0	0