2014-03-17

Two wins for white and two draws in round 4 of Candidates 2014 - results



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Round 4 of the Chess Candidates Tournament 2014 finished with two draws and two wins for white. Anand is still in the lead with 3.0/4 points, followed by Aronian and Kramnik with 2.5 points each.

Commentary of Round 4 games by GM Alexander Delchev

Karjakin-Topalov (½-½)
Karjakin's choice of the opening came as a surprise for Topalov, who managed to disguise his feelings. Just as if nothing happened, he repeated his earlier games without being afraid of ghosts... see game with commentary

Commentary of games from previous rounds

Results - round 4

SNo.NameFEDRes.NameFEDSNo.
5GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE1-0GMAndreikin DmitryRUS1
2GMKarjakin SergeyRUS½-½GMTopalov VeselinBUL8
7GMAronian LevonARM1-0GMSvidler PeterRUS3
6GMAnand ViswanathanIND½-½GMKramnik VladimirRUS4


Standings

NameFedFIDE EloPts.S-B
1Viswanathan AnandIND277036.25
2Levon AronianARM28302.54.5
3Vladimir KramnikRUS27872.54.5
4Veselin TopalovBUL278524.25
5Peter SvidlerRUS275823
6Sergey KarjakinRUS27661.52.5
7Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE27571.52
8Dmitry AndreikinRUS270912

Pairings for all rounds




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