After 2 consecutive days of ALL-DRAWS, there is finally a decisive result at Dortmund! Adams fought hard to defeat Gelfand in 117 moves! All others continued their drawing way.

Aronian – Naiditsch 1/2 45 moves
Svidler – Kramnik 1/2 39 moves
Jobava – Leko 1/2 22 moves
Adams – Gelfand 1-0 117 moves

Standings after 4 rounds:

1-3 2.5 GM Michael Adams (England 2732), GM Peter Leko (Hungary 2738), GM Peter Svidler (Russia 2742)

4-5 2.0 GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2761), GM Vladimir Kramnik (Russia 2743)

6-8 1.5 GM Boris Gelfand (Israel 2729), GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia 2651), GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany 2664)

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