Top seed GM Levon Aronian bounced back from his first round defeat with 3 straight wins. He is now in clear first at the Bilbao Grand Slam Final with 2 rounds to go.
Here are the results of round 4:
| Aronian, Levon | – Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | |||
| Shirov, Alexei | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
Standings after 4 rounds:
| Players | Games | Win | Draw | Loss | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Aronian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Alexander Grischuk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sergei Karjakin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Alexei Shirov | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Scoring System
3 – Points per win
1 – Point per draw
0 – Point per loss
Official website: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2009/en_index.asp
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I told you 5 straight. 3 down, 2 to go.
Nice! With all those wins he is really pulling away from the rest of the field, especially with this scoring system that gives more points for a win then 2 times that of a draw.