Bartel leads Monarch Assurance with 4/4

I know most of us are excited about the World Championship Match between Topalov and Kramnik. However, believe it or not, there are other chess events happening at the same time. One of them is the annual Monarch Assurance Chess Event.

Here are the leaders after 4 rounds:

1 Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2561 4.0 /4

2 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2606 3.5 /4
3 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2621 3.5 /4
4 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2635 3.5 /4

5 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2713 3.0 /4
6 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2638 3.0 /4
7 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2584 3.0 /4
8 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2591 3.0 /4
9 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2586 3.0 /4
10 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2647 3.0 /4
11 Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2628 3.0 /4
12 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2551 3.0 /4
13 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2587 3.0 /4
14 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2604 3.0 /4
15 Golod, Vitali g ISR 2576 3.0 /4
16 Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2603 3.0 /4
17 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2641 3.0 /4

Here is the official website.