Round 4 pairings
Caruana – Tomashevsky
McShane – Nakamura
Kramnik – Aronian
Morozevich – Radjabov
Carlsen – Grischuk
Standings after 3 rounds
| 1. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2784 | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2½ | 3021 |
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2769 | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2½ | 3061 |
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2801 | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2918 |
| 4. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2835 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | 1½ | 2780 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2825 | . | . | . | . | * | 0 | . | ½ | . | 1 | 1½ | 2739 |
| 6. | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2706 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | * | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | 2665 |
| 7. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | 1 | 2668 |
| 8. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2738 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | . | ½ | 1 | 2669 |
| 9. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2761 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | . | . | * | . | 1 | 2633 |
| 10. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2652 |
Crosstable by TWIC
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura will win.
I’m rooting for Luke (“Skywalker”) McShane, and Magnus (“The Magician”) Carlsen. But I certainly won’t be mortified if Moro wins!! And it would be really rad if Radjabov wins!! (That’s no Tal tale.)
And we get to watch both Carlsen and Radjabov face off versus Anand soon in the Bazna Kings Tournament. What a summer of chess!!