Lothar Schmid wins in 17 moves
Lothar Schmid began the tournament in Bamberg with a loss against Paul Keres and a draw against Borislav Ivkov. But in round three he defeated Klaus Klundt in a difficult game. This seems to have inspired Schmid and in round four he defeated the Finnish grandmaster Heikki Westerinen in only 17 moves.
Wolfgang Unzicker, Germany's number one, demonstrated against Roman Toran why the pair of bishops is usually much better than a pair of knights.
Borislav Ivkov scored the third win of the round – he won with Black against Jürgen Teufel.
After four rounds Ivkov, Keres and Petrosian now share the lead with 3.0/4 each. Bobotsov, Donner, Schmid and Unzicker follow half a point behind with 2½/4 each.
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Standings after round 4
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