The Week in Chess

The 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul Round 4 took place on Friday 31st August. Live Video - Pairings - Live Games Official.

Leading Round 4 Results Men for Friday: USA 2-2 IND, RUS 3-1 CHN, AZE 2-2 GER, FRA 2-2 ENG, PHI 1.5-2.5 ARM, UKR 3-1 POL, SVK 1-3 HUN, CZE 4-0 NOR, CAN 2.5-1.5 MGL, ARG 2.5-1.5 MEX.

Games by leading players to look out for in Round 4. Nakamura 1-0 Sasikiran, Harikrishna 1-0 Kamsky as USA and India drew 2-2. Wang Hao hung on as black to draw using a fortress against Kramnik, Grischuk beat Wang Yue and the heavy scoring Dmitry Jakovenko (now 4/4) took Russia to a 3-1 win. Radjabov beat Naiditsch but Fridman's win against Guseinov saw Azerbaijan and Germany draw 2-2. Vachier-Adams and Edouard-Short were two of the four draws in England 2-2 France. Wesley So drew with Aronian but Armenia beat Philippines in the match thanks to a Sargissian's win on board 4. Ivanchuk 1-0 Wojtaszek was a top board win for Ukraine who beat Poland 3-1 with only a win for Dariusz Swiercz vs Moiseienko as compensation. Eid 0-1 Topalov in Bulgaria's 3.5-0.5 win against Lebanon. Gelfand drew with Kazhgaleyev in Israel's 2.5-1.5 win against Kazakhstan where the bottom 2 boards won it for Isreal after Sutovsky's loss to Jumabayev. Vladimir Georgiev drew with Shirov as Macedonia beat Latvia. Ivan Morovic drew on top board against Caruana in Italy's narrow 2.5-1.5 win against Chile.

Olympiad Round 5 on Saturday: See the battle of the 4 remaining teams on 4 wins from 4. ARM-UKR, HUN-RUS.

Other top pairings: GER-MNE, CRO-FRA, USA-CZE, CAN-AZE, IND-ENG (all 7 pts), POL (6pts) vs ARG (7).

Women's Olympiad: RUS-FRA is the only match with teams on 100%. SRB-BUL, GRE-POL, GEO-UKR, LAT-SVK, CHN-IND all on 7pts.

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