Levon Aronian Leads the Race at Palma GP

Six decisive games in round 4.

In the fourth round of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 in Palma de Mallorca, Levon Aronian defeated Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura bested Teimour Radjabov, Ernesto Inarkiev lost to Ding Liren, Pentala Harikrishna won his game against Francisco Vallejo Pons, Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed Pavel Eljanov, while Richard Rapport celebrated victory over Jon Ludvig Hammer. The games Svidler - Vachier-Lagrave, Riazantsev - Tomashevsky, and Li Chao - Gelfand ended in a draw. 

Standings after round 4:

1. Levon Aronian - 3 
2-7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Pentala Harikrishna, Dmitry Jakovenko - 2.5 
8-12. Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Richard Rapport, Аlexander Riazantsev - 2
13-16. Li Chao, Pavel Eljanov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ernesto Inarkiev - 1.5
17-18. Boris Gelfand, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 1.

Round 5 pairings:

Ding Liren - Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura, Jakovenko - Svidler, Radjabov - Harikrishna, Giri - Riazantsev, Tomashevsky - Rapport, Vallejo - Li Chao, Eljanov - Inarkiev, Gelfand - Hammer.

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