The strong open at Reykjavik is already heating up. The match-ups of the 4th round were more balanced and the games more fighting. Four players kept their perfect score and now share the lead: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Pavel Eljanov, Yu Yangyi and Grzegorz Gajewski.
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There were some battles that finished rather quickly given the quality of the players.
GM David Navara bounced back from his two draws against lower rated players with a 28-move win against IM Robert Ris. The Czech super-GM went for a direct kingside attack against the Grunfeld. First, he sacrificed his bishop for two pawns on the 15th move, then Ris made a big blunder and Navara was able to show a nice tactical sequence to win the game.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave just needed 24 moves to get his fourth straight victory. Dutch GM Erwin L’Ami chose the Caro-Kann Defense and took way too long to develop his kingside. Maxime exchanged the queens in a very favorable position and went for a central attack. In the final position, the French GM has the initiative and has recovered all the sacrificed material.
Pavel Eljanov defeated GM Kveinys Aloyzas from Lithuania with the white pieces. The Ukrainian used his queenside play effectively and got a passed pawn on the a-file. When a queen trade was unavoidable, the Lithuanian resigned understanding that the rest was just a matter of technique.
Yu Yangyi’s victory was of a different nature. His rival, American GM Yuri Shulman, chose the French Opening and went for a very tactical line where he keeps his king in the center. The Chinese attacked his brave opponent from all flanks until the black position became way too vulnerable even for the talented Shulman. The game finished after 33 moves in a position where white is about to get a rook advantage.
GM Grzegorz Gajewski was the last player to get a perfect score, after defeating IM Andrew Muir, who had already upset a GM in the second round. It took 74 moves for the Polish to get his victory. Muir arrived to an almost equal endgame, but his more experienced rival managed to outplay him. Gajewski will play against Yu Yangyi in tomorrow’s round.
Standings after 4 rounds:
1 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2688 | 4.0 |
2 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2678 | 4.0 |
3 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | POL | 2644 | 4.0 |
4 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2715 | 4.0 |
5 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2709 | 3.5 |
GM | So Wesley | PHI | 2684 | 3.5 | |
7 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2722 | 3.5 |
8 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2643 | 3.5 |
GM | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2609 | 3.5 | |
10 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2637 | 3.5 |
11 | GM | Kristjansson Stefan | ISL | 2486 | 3.5 |
12 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | TUR | 2569 | 3.5 |
13 | IM | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | ISL | 2509 | 3.5 |
14 | WGM | Guo Qi | CHN | 2431 | 3.5 |
15 | IM | Wei Yi | CHN | 2501 | 3.5 |
16 | IM | Muir Andrew J Mr | SCO | 2313 | 3.0 |
17 | GM | Shulman Yury | USA | 2563 | 3.0 |
18 | GM | L’ami Erwin | NED | 2622 | 3.0 |
19 | IM | Li Wenliang | CHN | 2411 | 3.0 |
20 | WGM | Huang Qian | CHN | 2478 | 3.0 |
21 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2466 | 3.0 |
IM | Schreiner Peter | AUT | 2439 | 3.0 | |
23 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2533 | 3.0 |
24 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2566 | 3.0 |
25 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2566 | 3.0 |
GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2496 | 3.0 | |
27 | IM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2407 | 3.0 |
28 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2709 | 3.0 |
29 | FM | Handler Lukas | AUT | 2369 | 3.0 |
30 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2710 | 3.0 |
31 | IM | Krush Irina | USA | 2460 | 3.0 |
32 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2675 | 3.0 |
GM | Dziuba Marcin | POL | 2602 | 3.0 | |
34 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2531 | 3.0 |
35 | GM | Esen Baris | TUR | 2565 | 3.0 |
36 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2631 | 3.0 |
37 | IM | Bartholomew John | USA | 2435 | 3.0 |
38 | IM | Smith Axel | SWE | 2485 | 3.0 |
IM | Andersen Mads | DEN | 2462 | 3.0 | |
IM | Mikkelsen Nikolaj | DEN | 2421 | 3.0 | |
41 | IM | Kislik Erik Andrew | USA | 2359 | 3.0 |
42 | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2375 | 3.0 |
43 | IM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | ISL | 2430 | 3.0 |
FM | Jayakumar Adarsh | USA | 2271 | 3.0 | |
45 | GM | Solak Dragan | TUR | 2603 | 3.0 |
46 | GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2556 | 3.0 |
47 | Helin Mikael | SWE | 1910 | 3.0 | |
48 | GM | Oleksienko Mikhailo | UKR | 2568 | 3.0 |
49 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2507 | 3.0 |
50 | GM | Xiu Deshun | CHN | 2530 | 3.0 |
51 | IM | Urkedal Frode | NOR | 2473 | 3.0 |
IM | Zumsande Martin | GER | 2419 | 3.0 | |
53 | IM | Bekker-Jensen Simon | DEN | 2405 | 3.0 |
54 | NM | Norowitz Yaacov | USA | 2432 | 3.0 |
IM | Miedema David – | NED | 2364 | 3.0 | |
56 | GM | Thorhallsson Throstur | ISL | 2441 | 2.5 |
57 | Beeke Bob | NED | 2257 | 2.5 | |
58 | IM | Guramishvili Sopiko | GEO | 2414 | 2.5 |
59 | GM | Williams Simon K | ENG | 2498 | 2.5 |
60 | IM | Ris Robert | NED | 2407 | 2.5 |
61 | Wang Yiye | CHN | 2226 | 2.5 | |
62 | IM | Hagen Andreas Skytte | DEN | 2411 | 2.5 |
63 | IM | Lou Yiping | CHN | 2468 | 2.5 |
64 | GM | Olafsson Fridrik | ISL | 2416 | 2.5 |
65 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2622 | 2.5 |
66 | FM | Hambleton Aman | CAN | 2472 | 2.5 |
67 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2644 | 2.5 |
68 | WGM | Ptacnikova Lenka | ISL | 2269 | 2.5 |
69 | WGM | Mamedjarova Turkan | AZE | 2280 | 2.5 |
70 | WGM | Mammadova Gulnar | AZE | 2369 | 2.5 |
71 | Omarsson Dadi | ISL | 2212 | 2.5 | |
72 | Karason Askell O | ISL | 2235 | 2.5 | |
73 | FM | Valenti Giuseppe | ITA | 2204 | 2.5 |
Maack Kjartan | ISL | 2136 | 2.5 | ||
75 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM | ISL | 2386 | 2.5 |
76 | WGM | L’ami Alina | ROU | 2362 | 2.5 |
77 | WGM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | UKR | 2307 | 2.5 |
78 | IM | Arngrimsson Dagur | ISL | 2375 | 2.5 |
79 | Drill Frank | GER | 2124 | 2.5 | |
80 | IM | Bjarnason Saevar | ISL | 2133 | 2.5 |
81 | FM | Ekeberg Carl Fredrik | NOR | 2274 | 2.5 |
Rodriguez Fonseca Jorge | ESP | 2009 | 2.5 | ||
Ofstad Sigurd | NOR | 1985 | 2.5 | ||
84 | Steindorsson Sigurdur P. | ISL | 2235 | 2.5 | |
WCM | Roberts Lynda | WLS | 1903 | 2.5 | |
86 | WFM | Newrkla Katharina | AUT | 2135 | 2.5 |
87 | Raddatz Michael | GER | 2075 | 2.5 | |
88 | Leimeister Winfried | GER | 1909 | 2.5 | |
89 | FM | Bjerke Richard | NOR | 2131 | 2.0 |
90 | IM | Borsos Bogdan | UKR | 2260 | 2.0 |
91 | Thorhallsson Gylfi | ISL | 2141 | 2.0 | |
92 | WGM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2350 | 2.0 |
93 | Jensen Soren | DEN | 1909 | 2.0 | |
94 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2312 | 2.0 |
95 | Van Heirzeele Daniel | BEL | 2125 | 2.0 | |
96 | FM | Gislason Gudmundur | ISL | 2329 | 2.0 |
WIM | Van Weersel Arlette | NED | 2211 | 2.0 | |
98 | WFM | Frisk Ellinor | SWE | 2197 | 2.0 |
Mihajlov Sebastian | NOR | 2059 | 2.0 | ||
100 | IM | Prosviriakov Vladimir | USA | 2297 | 2.0 |
Tari Aryan | NOR | 2263 | 2.0 | ||
FM | Thompson Ian D | ENG | 2260 | 2.0 | |
103 | Bird Andrew | AUS | 2223 | 2.0 | |
104 | FM | Kvisvik Brede | NOR | 2314 | 2.0 |
Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2071 | 2.0 | ||
106 | Heerde Thomas | GER | 2053 | 2.0 | |
107 | Finnbogadottir Tinna Kristin | ISL | 1871 | 2.0 | |
108 | Halldorsson Bragi | ISL | 2180 | 2.0 | |
Karlsson Robin | SWE | 1980 | 2.0 | ||
110 | Schou-Moldt Thomas | DEN | 2236 | 2.0 | |
111 | Eliasson Kristjan Orn | ISL | 1873 | 2.0 | |
112 | FM | Bewersdorff Oliver | GER | 2335 | 2.0 |
113 | Johannsson Orn Leo | ISL | 1953 | 2.0 | |
114 | FM | Andreasen Per Naesby | DEN | 2302 | 2.0 |
115 | Murray Michael A. | CAN | 2017 | 2.0 | |
116 | Jonsson Olafur Gisli | ISL | 1870 | 2.0 | |
117 | Ragnarsson Dagur | ISL | 1961 | 2.0 | |
118 | FM | Cubas Pons Juan Miguel | ESP | 2284 | 2.0 |
119 | Palsson Halldor | ISL | 2078 | 2.0 | |
120 | Ornolfsson Magnus P. | ISL | 2169 | 2.0 | |
CM | Herbold Manfred | GER | 2125 | 2.0 | |
Johannesson Oliver | ISL | 1988 | 2.0 | ||
123 | Frick Renato | LIE | 2075 | 2.0 | |
Marentini Marcel | SUI | 2069 | 2.0 | ||
125 | Johansen Stian | NOR | 2090 | 2.0 | |
Doell Detlef | GER | 2044 | 2.0 | ||
127 | Haraldsson Leif | SWE | 2028 | 2.0 | |
Maggason Oskar Mason | ISL | 1903 | 2.0 | ||
129 | Pretterhofer Kiaras | AUT | 1997 | 2.0 | |
130 | Kleinert Juergen | GER | 1991 | 2.0 | |
Thorsteinsdottir Hallgerdur | ISL | 1960 | 2.0 | ||
Merkesvik Sondre | NOR | 1903 | 2.0 | ||
Klug Christian | GER | 1894 | 2.0 | ||
134 | Birgisson Ingvar Orn | ISL | 1953 | 2.0 | |
135 | Bergthorsson Jon Thor | ISL | 2125 | 2.0 | |
136 | Michel Steve | NED | 2008 | 2.0 | |
Schadd Jan | NED | 0 | 2.0 | ||
138 | Sverrisson Nokkvi | ISL | 1990 | 2.0 | |
139 | Hardarson Jon Trausti | ISL | 1853 | 2.0 | |
140 | Jablon Stephen | USA | 1896 | 2.0 | |
141 | Karlsson Mikael Johann | ISL | 1990 | 2.0 | |
142 | Ragnarsson Johann | ISL | 2046 | 1.5 | |
WFM | Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug | ISL | 2041 | 1.5 | |
144 | Birgisdottir Ingibjorg | ISL | 1783 | 1.5 | |
145 | Halldorsson Jon Arni | ISL | 2222 | 1.5 | |
Isaksson Per | SWE | 2016 | 1.5 | ||
147 | Bergsson Stefan | ISL | 2180 | 1.5 | |
Herda Christoph Dr. | GER | 1915 | 1.5 | ||
Johannsdottir Johanna Bjorg | ISL | 1872 | 1.5 | ||
150 | Palmqvist Fredrik | SWE | 2050 | 1.5 |
