Leko drew first blood by winning game 3 with the White pieces in their 8-game rapid chess match. Game 4 was drawn. The score after 4 games is 2.5 – 1.5 for Leko.

Here are the games:

Lékó, Péter (2738) – Karpov, Anatoly (2668)
Lékó vs. Karpov Miskolc (3), 08-31-2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 0–0 8.0–0 c6 9.Bc3 d5 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qg4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxc4 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 g6 25.Bd5 Kg7 26.Kg2 Rc7 27.Rd4 g5 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Rg4 Qf5 31.Qd4+ f6 32.Bf3 Ne6 33.Qe3 Nc5 34.Rd4 Qe6 35.Qd2 Qe7 36.Kg1 Qe6 37.Rd8 Qe7 38.Qd5 Qf7 39.Qd6 Qe7 40.Qd5 Qe6 41.Qd2 Re7 42.Kg2 Ne4 43.Qb4 Nc5 44.Qd4 Qe5 45.Qd2 Ne4 46.Qc2 Nc5 47.Qc4 Rc7 48.Qg8+ Kh6 49.Qh8+ Rh7 50.Qf8+ Rg7 51.Rd7 1–0

Karpov, Anatoly (2668) – Lékó, Péter (2738)
Lékó vs. Karpov Miskolc (4), 08-31-2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Qxc5 13.e3 0–0 14.Be2 Bg4 15.0–0 Rfd8 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 d4 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.exd4 Rxd4 21.Qc3 Rad8 22.Rc2 R4d6 23.Re1 h6 24.Re7 a5 25.Qe5 Rf6 26.Qe2 Qd4 27.Re4 Qd1+ 28.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd5 30.Rec4 Rb5 31.f3 g6 32.Rc5 Rd6 33.Rxb5 cxb5 34.Rc5 Rb6 35.b4 a4 36.Kg3 Rd6 37.Rxb5 Rd3 ½–½

What do you think the final score will be? Can Karpov come back?
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