Here is the Round four summary:
| White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2781 | 1-0 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2711 |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2694 | 1-0 | Artyom Timofeev | 2665 |
| Peter Svidler | 2739 | 1-0 | Alexander Galkin | 2598 |
| Sergey Karjakin | 2788 | 0-1 | Alexander Grischuk | 2746 |
The table after the fourth round:
| Posn. | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Peter Svidler | 2739 | * | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| 2. | Alexander Morozevich | 2694 | . | * | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | . | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Sergey Karjakin | 2788 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
| 4. | Alexander Grischuk | 2746 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | . | . | ½ | . | 2 |
| 5. | Vladimir Kramnik | 2781 | 0 | . | 0 | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6. | Alexander Galkin | 2598 | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1½ |
| 7. | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2711 | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1½ |
| 8. | Artyom Timofeev | 2665 | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
The rest day is tomorrow on the 12th of August.
Rounds 4 to 7: 11th, and 13th to 15th of August, when the games starts at 1pm local time except the last round at 11am.
1pm Moscow = 11am Paris = 10am London = 5am New York = 2am Los Angeles = 9pm Sydney
No draw offers before the time control at the 40th move. I believe that this will become standard practise in future in big events, rather than banning draw offers altogether!
The prize fund:
3 500 000 roubles (about 87 000 €)
1st 950.000 RUB (24 000 €)
2nd 700.000 RUB (17 000 €)
3rd 500.000 RUB (12 000 €)
4th 450.000 RUB (11 000 €)
5th 350.000 RUB (8 000 €)
6th 300.000 RUB (7 000 €)
7th 150.000 RUB (3 500 €)
8th 100.000 RUB (2 500 €)
You can understand why the big names have all played this time!
More information from the official site: http://www.russiachess.org/
You can follow the games live on the official site from 1 pm (Moscow), except for the last round which begins two hours earlier at 11am local time.
