19 July 2018

Vladimir Kramnik Joins Leaders in Dortmund

Ian Nepomniachtchi also has 2.5/4.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website

Round 4 of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in Dortmund on July 18th. Vladimir Kramnik defeated the leading Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu lost to Anish Giri, while the games Meier - Kovalev and Wojtaszek - Nepomniachtchi were drawn.

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Standings after round 4:

1-4. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vladimir Kramnik, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladislav Kovalev - 2.5
5-6. Anish Giri, Georg Meier - 2
7. Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 1.5 
8. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - 0.5.

July 19th is the tournament's free day.

Round 5 pairings:

Duda - Meier, Nepomniachtchi - Kramnik, Giri - Wojtaszek, Kovalev - Nisipeanu.

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