The leader Alexei Shirov is playing the inconsistent Van Wely who has lost three in a row. Ivanchuk is also playing an out-of-form opponent, Nigel Short.
Nakamura meets Carlsen and the public will be hoping for fireworks.
Peter Leko | HUN | 2739 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2790 | |||
Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2675 | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 2712 | |||
Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2662 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2720 | |||
Jan Smeets | NED | 2657 | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2788 | |||
Loek van Wely | NED | 2641 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2723 | |||
Nigel Short | ENG | 2696 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2749 | |||
Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2708 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2810 |
Here are the standings after the fourth round.
Seed | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2723 | 4 |
2= | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2749 | 3 |
2= | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2708 | 3 |
2= | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2810 | 3 |
5= | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2790 | 2 |
5= | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2788 | 2 |
5= | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2720 | 2 |
5= | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 2712 | 2 |
9= | Peter Leko | HUN | 2739 | 1.5 |
9= | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2675 | 1.5 |
9= | Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2662 | 1.5 |
12= | Nigel Short | ENG | 2696 | 1 |
12= | Loek van Wely | NED | 2641 | 1 |
14 | Jan Smeets | NED | 2657 | 0.5 |
B-Group
Ni Hua has Black against the unbeaten David Howell whereas Anish Giri faces Sutovsky who is always exciting to watch.
The other players on a plus score, Harikrishna and L'Ami both have the Black pieces.
Tomi Nyback | FIN | 2643 | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2615 | |||
Anish Giri | NED | 2588 | Emil Sutovsky | ISR | 2666 | |||
David Howell | ENG | 2606 | Ni Hua | CHN | 2657 | |||
Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2523 | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2573 | |||
Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2687 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM | 2681 | |||
Wesley So | PHI | 2656 | Penteala Harikrishna | IND | 2672 | |||
Varuzhan Akobian | USA | 2628 | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 2621 |
The leader board could change radically in this closely contested tournament. The winner qualifies for next year's A-Group
Rank | Title | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1= | GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2657 | 3 |
1= | GM | Anish Giri | NED | 2588 | 3 |
3= | GM | Penteala Harikrishna | IND | 2672 | 2.5 |
3= | GM | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2615 | 2.5 |
3= | GM | David Howell | ENG | 2606 | 2.5 |
6= | GM | Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2687 | 2 |
6= | GM | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM | 2681 | 2 |
6= | GM | Wesley So | PHI | 2656 | 2 |
6= | GM | Tomi Nyback | FIN | 2643 | 2 |
6= | GM | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 2621 | 2 |
11= | GM | Emil Sutovsky | ISR | 2657 | 1.5 |
11= | IM | Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2523 | 1.5 |
13 | GM | Varuzhan Akobian | USA | 2628 | 1 |
14 | GM | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2573 | 0.5 |
Group C
Li Chao has White against Van Kampen whereas Robson will have Black today against Peng.
Marya Muzychuk | UKR | 2447 | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2323 | |||
Stefan Kuipers | NED | 2340 | Robin Swinkels | NED | 2495 | |||
Zhaoqin Peng | NED | 2402 | Ray Robson | USA | 2570 | |||
Benjamin Bok | NED | 2322 | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2577 | |||
Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2495 | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2515 | |||
Sjoerd Plukkel | NED | 2279 | Kjetil Lie | NOR | 2547 | |||
Li Chao-b | CHN | 2604 | Robin van Kampen | NED | 2456 |
The highest placed Dutch player Robin Swinkels has Black against a lower-rated countryman.
Rank | Title | Name | Country | Rating | Points |
1= | GM | Li Chao-b | CHN | 2604 | 3.5 |
1= | GM | Ray Robson | USA | 2570 | 3.5 |
3= | GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2577 | 2.5 |
3= | GM | Kjetil Lie | NOR | 2547 | 2.5 |
3= | IM | Robin Swinkels | NED | 2495 | 2.5 |
3= | GM | Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2495 | 2.5 |
3= | GM | Zhaoqin Peng | NED | 2402 | 2.5 |
8 | IM | Robin van Kempen | NED | 2456 | 2 |
9= | IM | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2515 | 1.5 |
9= | FM | Stefan Kuipers | NED | 2340 | 1.5 |
9= | FM | Benjamin Bok | NED | 2322 | 1.5 |
12 | WGM | Marya Muzychuk | UKR | 2447 | 1 |
13= | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2323 | 0.5 |
13= | - | Sjoerd Plukkel | NED | 2279 | 0.5 |
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