Hungarian GM Zoltan Almasi is determined to defend his Reggio Emilia title by starting out with a 4-0 record in this year’s event. Trailing him by 1/2 point is the top seed Ni Hua of China.

Round 4 results:

Almasi, Zoltan

Ronchetti, Niccolo

1-0

Ni Hua

Leon Hoyos, Manuel

1-0

Marin, Mihail

Cebalo, Miso

1-0

Shytaj, Luca

Dreev, Alexey

½-½

Landa, Konstantin

Gustafsson, Jan

½-½



Standings after 4 rounds:

1.

Almasi, Zoltan

g

HUN

2663

4

2.

Ni Hua

g

CHN

2710

3-4.

Dreev, Alexey

g

RUS

2670

3-4.

Gustafsson, Jan

g

GER

2634

5.

Marin, Mihail

g

ROU

2556

2

6-8.

Landa, Konstantin

g

RUS

2613

6-8.

Leon Hoyos, Manuel

g

MEX

2535

6-8.

Shytaj, Luca

m

ITA

2472

9-10.

Cebalo, Miso

g

CRO

2493

½

9-10.

Ronchetti, Niccolo

m

ITA

2414

½



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