Caruana conceded second draw in Wijk Aan Zee. After the one with Carlsen in R2, he missed a win vs Anish Giri today. Yet the Italian / US player is sole leader of Tata Steel
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 |
