World Chess Champion GM Anna Ushenina joined the Grandmaster’s Club as President!
Currently she is preparing to defeat her title against Hou Yifan in the upcoming match in China. Recently she achieved a victory over GM Antoaneta Stefanova and become the 14th Women’s World Chess Champion.
It is very hard to select favorites in this pairing. Any player may potentially pass to the next round. Currently, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia has the highest elo rating – 2784.
Svidler, Peter vs Andreikin, Dmitry 1½-2½
Tomashevsky, Evgeny vs Kamsky, Gata 1½-0½
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Korobov, Anton 1½-0½
Caruana, Fabiano vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1½-2½
Anton Korobov has passed to the 5th round of World Cup after defeating Hikaru Nakamura in the rapid chess match.
Morozevich, Alexander vs Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3½ – 4½
Kamsky, Gata vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1½ – 0½
Le, Quang Liem vs Svidler, Peter 1½ – 2½
Andreikin, Dmitry vs Karjakin, Sergey 3 – 1
Caruana, Fabiano vs Granda Zuniga, Julio E 2 – 0
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs Gelfand, Boris 2½ – 1½
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kramnik, Vladimir 0½ – 1½
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Korobov, Anton 0½ – 1½