Tal Chess Memorial Round 4: Radjabov, Morozevich hold on to lead

The draws in the fourth round of the 7th Tal Memorial don’t tell the whole story. Magnus Carlsen with three draws in the previous rounds, went all out to try crazy stuff against Alexander Grischuk. The game ended in a draw after some amazing ideas from the World No. 1.

Morozevich and Radjabov – the overnight leaders – chose to play out a draw. Fabiano Caruana got a win over Evgeny Tomashevsky.

The 7th Tal Chess Memorial is a 10-player round robin taking place in the beautiful Pashkov House in Moscow from June 8-18. The next rest day will be on June 15. Time control: 100 minutes to complete 40 moves and 50 minutes for 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the moves. There is a 30-second increment from the first move. You can watch the games live on the official website. Draw offers are not allowed before the first time control. The Tal Chess Memorial prize fund is 100,000 euros.

Round 4: Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Fabiano Caruana – Evgeny Tomashevsky 1-0Luke McShane – Hikaru Nakamura 1/2-1/2Vladimir Kramnik – Levon Aronian 1/2-1/2Alexander Morozevich - Teimour Radjabov 1/2-1/2Magnus Carlsen – Alexander Grischuk 1/2-1/2

Round four standings1-2. Morozevich, Radjabov – 3

3. Kramnik – 2.5

4-6. Aronian, Carlsen, Caruana – 2

7-9. Grischuk, McShane, Nakamura – 1.5

10. Tomashevsky – 1