Here are the results of the leaders, all had three points before the fourth round except Michael Adams who had the 'upfloat'. Adams was the only winner with the White pieces on the top twenty boards, whereas there were three wins with Black and as many as 16 draws.
1 | GM | Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2708 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Artyom Timofeev | RUS | 2655 |
2 | GM | Michal Krasenkov | POL | 2652 | 0-1 | GM | Baadur Jobava | GEO | 2695 |
3 | GM | Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2691 | 0-1 | GM | Zahar Efimenko | UKR | 2640 |
4 | GM | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2611 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Ernesto Inarkiev | RUS | 2667 |
5 | IM | Jure Skoberne | SLO | 2509 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROU | 2661 |
6 | GM | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2656 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Nikita Maiorov | BLR | 2510 |
7 | GM | Michael Adams (2.5) | ENG | 2704 | 1-0 | IM | Sasa Martinovic | CRO | 2509 |
There are now two players on 4 and 15 on 3.5.
The top seven boards of the women's event were as follows. Monika Socko is now half-a-point ahead of seven players on 3.5.
1 | GM | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (3) | SCO | 2447 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva (3) | RUS | 2524 |
2 | GM | Monika Socko (3) | POL | 2465 | 1-0 | WGM | Irina Chelushkina (3) | SRB | 2319 |
3 | IM | Mariya Muzychuk (2.5) | UKR | 2444 | 0.5-0.5 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova (2.5) | BUL | 2555 |
4 | IM | Nino Khurtsidze (2.5) | GEO | 2434 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Nadezhda Kosintseva (2.5) | RUS | 2554 |
5 | IM | Anna Muzychuk (2.5) | SLO | 2533 | 1-0 | WGM | Anastasia Bodnaruk (2.5) | RUS | 2384 |
6 | GM | Pia Cramling (2.5) | SWE | 2523 | 1-0 | WGM | Jolanta Zawadzka (2.5) | POL | 2404 |
7 | WGM | Natalia Zhukova (2.5) | UKR | 2492 | 0.5-0.5 | IM | Svetlana Matveeva (2.5) | RUS | 2373 |
The number in brackets is the player's total before the game and their highest FIDE title is also mentioned. You may have noticed that there are several different titles in the Women's event! The following table should help explain the relative importance of these labels.
Abbreviation | Full title | Typical strength | Gender requirement |
GM | International Grandmaster | 2500+ | Same as for Men |
IM | International Master | 2400+ | Same as for Men |
WGM | Women's Grandmaster | 2350+ | Women only |
WIM | Women's International Master | 2250+ | Women only |
FM | FIDE Master | 2250+ | Same as for Men |
WFM | Women's Fide Master | 2100+ | Women only |
The latter two titles have never really caught on and have limited recognition in the real world.
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