After a set back yesterday, the Chinese team on its 3rd match out of 4 to widen the lead to 4 points over the team from the UK.

Round 4 – Friday September 7th

GM Adams, Michael 2724 – 2649 Zhang, Pengxiang GM 0-1
WGM Hou, Yifan 2523 – 2683 Short, Nigel GM 1/2
GM Rowson, Jonathan 2599 – 2626 Wang, Hao GM 1/2
GM Pert, Nicholas 2536 – 2696 Wang, Yue GM 1/2
GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2685 – 2526 Jones, Gawain GM 1-0
GM Ni, Hua 2681 – 2519 Howell, David GM 1/2
IM Houska, Jovanka 2401 – 2439 Shen, Yang WGM 0-1
IM Arakhamia-Grant, Keti 2418 – 2278 Ding, Yixin WFM 1-0

After 4 matches, China has a lead of 18 points to 14. IM Arakhamia-Grant is the only bright spot for the UK with 3.5 points in 4 games. GMs Wang and Zhang of China both have 3 points to lead the Chinese team.

Here is the official website.

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