Tal Memorial Chess: All games drawn in R4, Aronian leads

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All games were drawn in the fourth round at the ongoing Tal Memorial Chess Tournament allowing Levon Aronian to maintain his lead from the third round.

Round 4 results:

Nakamura, Hikaru - Kramnik, Vladimir ½

Karjakin, Sergey - Shirov, Alexei ½

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Aronian, Levon ½

Wang Hao - Eljanov, Pavel ½

Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander ½

Standings after 4 rounds:

1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2801 3

2-6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2763 2½

2-6. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2760 2½

2-6. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2741 2½

2-6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2771 2½

2-6. Wang Hao g CHN 2727 2½

7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2791 2

8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 1½

9-10. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2742 ½

9-10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 ½

Hope you're following the live action at the official website (www.russiachess.org) via their high resolution Internet feed. It's super with commentary in Russian.

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