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Anish Giri made leader Hikaru Nakamura work hard for his draw in the final game of Round 4 to finish. Nakamura just about threaded his way through the complications to a drawn position. After the game both implied they believed white should be winning at some point.

Giri,Anish - Nakamura,Hikaru [E00]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Nb5 Nc6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bc1 0-0 12.Bg2 d6

[12...b6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Rd1 Na5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Qxd7 Nc5 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Be3 Rdc8 19.a4 Bf8 20.Rd5 Ne6 21.Rxe5 Rxc4 22.a5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 a6 24.Kg2 h6 25.h4 Rcc8 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Ra2 Nb7 28.Bd2 Nd6 29.Nf5 Nc4 30.Ne7+ Bxe7 31.Rxe7 h5 32.Bc1 a5 33.Rd7 a4 34.Ba3 Nxa3 35.Rxa3 Rab8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Raa7 Rf8 38.e4 Rcc8 39.e5 Rce8 40.f4 Rd8 41.e6 Rxd7 42.exd7 Rd8 43.g4 hxg4 44.f5 f6 45.Kg3 Kf7 46.Kxg4 Ke7 47.Rc7 Kf7 48.h5 Ke7 49.Kh4 Kf7 50.Rb7 Ke7 51.h6 gxh6 52.Kh5 Kf7 53.Rb6 Rxd7 54.Kxh6 Re7 55.Rb8 Rd7 56.Kh7 1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2801)-Karjakin,S (2760)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 836]

13.Ba3 Qa5 14.0-0 Rd8 15.Bb4 Qb6 16.a4 Na5 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Bxa5 Qxa5 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bd5 Rbc8 21.Qf3 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Qa6 23.Qe4 Rc6 24.c5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.Qxe5

White has won a pawn, black's bishop should provide some compensation but perhaps it shouldn't be enough.

26...Qb7 27.Rb1 Bf6 28.Qf5 Qc6 29.Nxa7 Qxa4 30.Qxc5 Qa2 31.Re1 Qd2 32.Kf1 Bxc3

The ending now ought to be drawn.

33.Rb1 Bd4 34.Qe7 Bxa7 35.Qxa7 Qd5 36.Kg1 Qa8 37.Qxa8 Rxa8 38.Rb5 f6 39.h4 Re8 40.Kf1 g6 41.g4 Re4 42.f3 Ra4 43.Rb8+ Kg7 44.Rb7+ Kg8 45.Kf2 Ra5 46.Kg3 h6 47.Rd7 h5 48.gxh5 Rxh5 49.e4 g5 50.hxg5 Rxg5+ 51.Kf4 Ra5 52.Rc7 Kf8 53.Rd7 Kg8 54.Rd5 Ra3 55.Kg4 Re3 56.Rd7 Kf8 57.Ra7 Kg8 58.f4 Rxe4 59.Kf5 Re8 60.Kg6 f5 61.Rg7+ Kh8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Rg7+ Kh8 64.Rf7 Kg8 65.Rxf5 Re7 66.Rg5 Rf7 67.Kh6+ Kf8 68.f5 Rf6+ 69.Kh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

Ian Nepomniachtchi was completely lost Levon Aronian after just 9 moves after confusing his move order in the opening. Nepomniachtchi's career has been delayed through ill-health according to interviews he gave around the time he won the Russian Championships and the suspicion is that his biggest weakness is the lack of a deeply prepared opening repertoire that is becoming essential to being a top professional. Aronian said afterwards that he doesn't make a habit of preparing for bad moves (9...Qb6) and he certainly didn't hang around in refuting it.

Aronian,Levon - Nepomniachtchi,Ian [D83]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 Be6 7.Qb3 c5

Played in a number of recent games.

8.Qxb7 cxd4?!

This may turn out to be dubious. The official video says he confused his move order in his preparation and so probably intended to play Qb6 here.

[8...Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Be5 dxc4 12.Nh3 Nc6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Ng5 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Ne5 17.Rc2 Rfb8 18.Nxe6 Rb1+ 19.Ke2 fxe6 20.Rh4 Rd8 21.f4 Nd3 22.Rh1 Kg7 23.g4 Rdb8 24.g3 Re1+ 25.Kf3 Rbb1 26.Kg2 Red1 27.Bxd3 cxd3 28.Rxd1 dxc2 0-1 Hammer,J (2633)-Le Quang Liem (2694)/Cap d'Agde FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 833]

9.exd4 Qb6?

A move too late and black is already lost.

[9...Qd7 10.Qxd7 Nbxd7 11.c5 is miserable for black.]

10.Qxa8 Nh5

Played after a rather long think. It makes black's position objectively worse but I suppose he wanted to give Aronian a chance to go wrong. In fact Aronian continued to play fast and confidently.

11.c5 Qxb2 12.Bd2 Bxd4 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qxf8+

White doesn't mess around giving black any counterplay.

[14.Qxa7 was also playable.]

14...Kxf8 15.Nxd4 Nxc5 16.Rb1

A final piece of accuracy. White will now simply develop and win.

16...Qa3 17.Be2 Nf4 18.0-0 Nxe2+ 19.Ncxe2 Nd7 20.Rb7 Qa6 21.Nxe6+ Qxe6 22.Nd4 Qg4 23.Rc1 f6

[23...Qxd4 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Rc8+ Nf8 26.Rxf8#]

24.Be3 Nb6 25.h3 Qe4 26.Rcc7 1-0

Wang Hao was another player who appears to have walked into a prepared line. If, as I suspect, Viswanathan Anand had prepared this sacrifice (which in fact he had, for Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 according to the official site round summary) and Wang had not, I think Wang pretty much had no chance today. As it was Anand smoothly converted the position to a win.

Anand,Viswanathan - Wang Hao [E25]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 0-0 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nec6 13.Ne2 Na5 14.Qb4 e5 15.0-0 Be6 16.Nd4!N

This is new and it has to be taken. It is however top option in Fritz 12 so could have been found by anyone.

[16.Rfd1 Bb3 17.Rd6 Nbc6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.c4 Rab8 20.Qc3 Nxc4 21.Rb1 Ba2 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Nc1 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Qxd6 25.Nxa2 Qd1+ 26.Kf2 Qb3 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 28.Nb4 Rxa3 29.Nxc6 Ra2+ 30.Kg3 a5 31.Nxe5 a4 32.Bc5 a3 33.Nc4 Rc2 34.Bxa3 Rxc4 35.h4 1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M (2509)-Marinkovic,S (2388)/Budva MNE 2009/The Week in Chess 749]

16...exd4

[16...Bc8 isn't really an alternative.]

17.cxd4 Nbc6 18.Qc3 Ne7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Bf2 a6

You wouldn't want to have this position without preparing it in advance. This move is a concession in an already very difficult position for black.

[20...f5; 20...b6]

21.Bg3 Qc8 22.Bf1 b6 23.Rab1 Nb3 24.Rxb3 Bxb3 25.Qxb3 bxc5 26.d5

Black has returned some material but he hasn't really solved his problems.

26...Ng6 27.Qb6 f5 28.Bxa6 Qd7 29.Bb5 Qf7 30.exf5 Qxf5 31.Qxc5 Rc8 32.Qd4 Rfd8 33.a4

There really isn't much milage in playing on.

1-0

Alexei Shirov was another player who may well have been close to losing before his opponent left preparation. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's 18...Rxc1 was an improvement over known theory, and whilst the position looked a little scarey for black, computer analysis by Vachier may have left him completely fearless. After 21...Qd6 Shirov thought for a very long time but couldn't find anything to breath life into his position and after that he was reduced to increasingly desperate attempts to cause problems that predictably failed.

Shirov,Alexei - Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime [D86]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Rac1 Bb7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 Rxc1

[18...Nc6 19.f6+ Kh8 20.Qg5 Re8 21.Qh6 Rg8 22.Rf3 Qf8 23.Qh4 h6 24.Rh3 Kh7 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.e5 Bc8 27.g4 Rc5 28.Qg5 Rh8 29.Nf4 Rg8 30.Rh5 Ba6 31.Be4 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 d3 33.Ne6 fxe6 34.Qxc1 d2 35.Qxd2 Qc5+ 36.Kg2 1-0 Podolchenko,E (2506)-Howell,D (2616)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 830]

19.Qxc1 Nc6 20.f6+ Kh8 21.Qg5 Qd6

And here Shirov spent a long time trying to find the best move. Probably black is better already.

22.Ng3?!

Having failed to find anything concrete Shirov finds a bad idea.

[22.Rf4 Re8 is a very nice defensive idea.; 22.Rf5 Qb4 23.Kf2 doesn't look very appetising either.]

22...Rg8 23.Bc4?!

White just has to try his best here but this isn't very good.

23...Ne5 24.Bb3 d3 25.h3 Ba6 26.Rf4

White is losing so he tries burning his bridges. Rd1 or Qd2 would lose, just slower.

26...d2 27.Kh2 Qc5 28.h4 Nd3 29.e5 Nxf4 30.Ne4 Ne6 31.Bxe6 Qc6!

Black has just been accurate in all his defensive ideas and again he is the most precise.

32.Bxf7

[32.Nd6 Qxd6 33.exd6 d1Q]

32...d1Q 0-1

Magnus Carlsen takes a lot of risks in the opening and today it looked terribly difficult for him against Ruslan Ponomariov. In a hedgehog style structure Ponomariov looked to have a lot of choices. Certainly his 17.c5!? looked very dangerous but today he found a determined Carlsen who found a number of only moves (sometimes its easier when its like that) to hold the draw.

Ponomariov,Ruslan - Carlsen,Magnus [A15]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc7 10.Bg5

[10.b3 Qb7+ 11.f3 a6 12.e4 Be7 13.Be3 0-0 14.Qd2 Nbd7 15.Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Qf2 Bf8 18.Rc2 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Qxd5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qd2 Ne5 24.Qe2 Rd8 25.Rf1 b5 26.Kg1 h5 27.Nc2 Bc5 28.Kg2 Rd6 29.Bf4 Re6 30.Rd1 Ng6 31.Be3 Qe5 32.Rd3 Qb2 33.Qf2 Bxe3 34.Nxe3 Qb1 35.Rd1 1-0 Khmelevsky,S (2263)-Niklasch,O (2371)/Vienna AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 461]

10...Nbd7 11.Qa4 Be7 12.Rfd1 0-0 13.Nc6 Bd8 14.b4 Rc8 15.b5 Ne5 16.Bf4 Be7

[16...Nxc6 17.Bxd6 Qb7 18.bxc6 Rxc6 19.f3 Re8]

17.c5!?

With extremely dangerous threats.

[17.Bxe5 dxe5 with a stable advantage was well worth considering.]

17...Nxc6 18.cxd6 Qb7 19.bxc6 Rxc6 20.dxe7 Rxc3+ 21.Kg1

[21.f3 Needs looking at.]

21...Re8 22.Be5 b5

Absolutely forced.

23.Rab1 Rc5 24.Bd4 Rd5 25.Qxa7 Qxe7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Bc3 h6

and Carlsen has escaped.

28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Bd4 b4 30.e4 Nc3 31.Rxb4 Nxa2 32.Rc4 1/2-1/2

Alexander Grischuk looked to have a very nice position against Vladimir Kramnik but he never came close to making it count and the game eventually ended in repetition.

Grischuk,Alexander - Kramnik,Vladimir [A09]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Ng3 Nf8 13.a3 a5

[13...Qe7 14.d3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.Rac1 a6 17.Rcd1 Bc8 18.Qc4 Ng6 19.b4 Kh8 20.Bf1 Bb8 21.h3 Nb6 22.Qc2 f6 23.Be2 Nd5 24.Bf1 Nb6 25.Be2 Nd5 26.Bf1 1/2-1/2 Terentiev,V (2393)-Svirin,O (2366)/Smolensk RUS 2000]

14.d4 Ng6 15.Bd3 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bg4 17.Bf5 Nf6 18.f3 Bh5 19.Rae1 Nf8 20.Nxh5 Nxh5 21.f4 Bb6

White has a threatening looking position.

22.Bg4

[22.Bd3; 22.Rf3]

22...Nf6 23.Bf3 Nd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Nf5 f6 26.Rd1 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4

Black is out of danger now.

28.Rf3 g6 29.Nh6+ Kg7 30.Ng4 Kf7 31.Nh6+ Kg7 32.Ng4 Kf7 33.Nh6+ Ke7 34.Ng8+ Kf7

The players repeat.

1/2-1/2

Erwin L'Ami and Jan Smeets seemed happy enough to halve the points after they got a pretty dull position out of the opening.

L'Ami,Erwin - Smeets,Jan [D11]
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 18.01.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Qxb3 9.axb3 Na6 10.g4 Nb4 11.Ke2

[11.Ra4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.f3 1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Smeets,J (2669)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 829]

11...Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bg2 Be7 14.Bd2 a5 15.Rhc1 b6 16.Na4 Nd7 17.cxd5

[17.Nxb6 Nxb6 18.c5 and if the b6 knight moves then Bxb4 is possible. 18...Kd7 19.cxb6 Rhb8]

17...cxd5 18.Bf1 Bd6 19.Kf3 Ke7 20.Kg2 Rhb8 21.Nc3 Na6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.Nb5 Raa8 24.Nxd6 Kxd6 25.b4 a4 26.b5 Nf6 27.Ra3

and both players were happy with the draw.

1/2-1/2

73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2011																cat. XX (2740)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2810	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	3	2914
2.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2751	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	3	2939
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2805	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	½	.	.	2½	2848
4.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2686	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	2½	2808
5.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2715	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	1	2½	2852
6.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2628	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2725
7.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2784	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	2	2761
8.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2744	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	1	.	½	.	.	2	2728
9.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2733	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	2	2773
10.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2662	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	2	2695
11.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2773	.	0	.	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1½	2658
12.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2814	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	1½	2652
13.	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2731	0	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	1	2567
14.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2722	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	*	½	2413

Round 4 (January 18, 2011)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Wang, Hao	1-0	33	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Aronian, Levon	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	26	D83	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Giri, Anish	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	69	E00	Catalan
L'Ami, Erwin	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	27	D11	Slav Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	32	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	34	A09	Reti Opening
Shirov, Alexei	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	32	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin

Luke McShane conceded his first draw as black against Friso Nijboer to be on 3.5/4. He leads by a point over Gabrel Sargissian, Laurent Fressinet, David Navara and Zahar Efimenko.

73rd Tata Steel GMB Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2011																cat. XVII (2659)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2664	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	1	.	1	.	.	3½	2940
2.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2667	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	2½	2739
3.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2707	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	.	2½	2738
4.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2708	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	½	½	2½	2771
5.	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2701	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	2½	2764
6.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2584	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	.	2	2664
7.	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2673	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	2	2669
8.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2726	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	1	.	.	2	2635
9.	Spoelman, Wouter	g	NED	2547	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	2	2680
10.	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2636	0	.	½	.	.	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	1½	2583
11.	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2651	.	0	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	1½	2593
12.	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2649	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	*	1	.	1½	2572
13.	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2664	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	0	*	.	1	2451
14.	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2647	.	.	.	½	0	.	½	.	.	.	0	.	.	*	1	2490

Round 4 (January 18, 2011)
Fressinet, Laurent	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	1-0	36	E97	King's Indian Classical
Navara, David	- Hammer, Jon Ludvig	½-½	32	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nijboer, Friso	- McShane, Luke J	½-½	20	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
So, Wesley	- Efimenko, Zahar	½-½	46	E00	Catalan
Spoelman, Wouter	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	66	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Tkachiev, Vladislav	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	32	A13	Reti Opening
Li, Chao b	- Le, Quang Liem	1-0	78	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

The C-Group looks like it will be a very exciting competition. Joint leader Kateryna Lahno lost to Mark Van Der Werf, However Daniele Vocaturo beat tail-ender Jan-Willem De Jong to lead on 3.5/4. Canadian Mark Bluvshtein and young star Illya Nyzhnyk also won to be half a point further back. Even at this early stage I expect the winner to come from one of these three players.

73rd Tata Steel GMC Wijk aan Zee (NED), 14-30 i 2011																cat. XI (2507)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Vocaturo, Daniele	g	ITA	2570	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	3½	2828
2.	Bluvshtein, Mark	g	CAN	2590	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	3	2700
3.	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2530	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	½	3	2706
4.	Bok, Benjamin	m	NED	2453	½	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2½	2616
5.	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2518	.	½	.	.	*	.	0	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	2½	2571
6.	Siebrecht, Sebastian	g	GER	2439	.	.	.	½	.	*	1	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	2½	2596
7.	Van Der Werf, Mark	m	NED	2439	.	.	.	½	1	0	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2510
8.	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2391	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	*	1	1	.	.	.	.	2	2554
9.	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2540	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	*	.	1	.	.	1	2	2475
10.	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2630	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	.	*	½	.	.	.	1½	2351
11.	Pruijssers, Roeland	m	NED	2484	.	.	.	.	0	½	.	.	0	½	*	.	.	.	1	2338
12.	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2637	0	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	1	.	1	2306
13.	Van Kampen, Robin	m	NED	2443	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	*	1	1	2365
14.	De Jong, Jan-Willem	m	NED	2437	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	*	½	2198

Round 4 (January 18, 2011)
Bluvshtein, Mark	- Van Kampen, Robin	1-0	36	D10	Slav Defence
Bok, Benjamin	- Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	1-0	62	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Siebrecht, Sebastian	- Ivanisevic, Ivan	½-½	45	A20	English Opening
Van Der Werf, Mark	- Lahno, Kateryna	1-0	47	A16	English Opening
Tania, Sachdev	- Nyzhnyk, Illya	0-1	23	E80	King's Indian Saemisch
Pruijssers, Roeland	- Swiercz, Dariusz	0-1	55	B18	Caro Kann
De Jong, Jan-Willem	- Vocaturo, Daniele	0-1	30	A05	Various

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