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In round three German grandmaster Rainer Buhmann had to play with Black against the number two in the world, in round four he had to play with Black against the world's number four, Maxime Vachier Lagrave. In a Spanish Breyer Buhmann for a long time seemed to be equal or close to equal but then he lost control which gave the French grandmaster an opportunity to show his class.
Rainer Buhmann
Najer and Nisipeanu
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu got an endgame with an extra pawn against Evgeny Najer but as it turned out this was not enough to win.
Dominguez against Caruana
Leinier Dominguez decided to try a Petroff against Fabiano Caruana. Before the Berlin Defense became popular the Petroff was the most popular defense against 1.e4 when Black had his eyes set on a draw. The Cuban grandmaster did in fact not seem to mind a draw with Black against Caruana and he had no real problems to get it.
Vladimir Kramnik played with Black against Ruslan Ponomariov and he too seemed to be content with a draw - which he got after 27 moves.
Ruslan Ponomariov
Vladimir Kramnik
| Bd. | Title | Name | ELO | Result | Title | Name | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2788 | 1 - 0 | GM | Rainer Buhmann | 2651 |
| 2 | GM | Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu | 2669 | ½ - ½ | GM | Evgeniy Najer | 2681 |
| 3 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 | ½ - ½ | GM | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 2732 |
| 4 | GM | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2715 | ½ - ½ | GM | Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
| Title | Name | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts. | TB | |
| 1 | GM | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2788 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.0 / 4 | |||||
| 2 | GM | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 2732 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.5 / 4 | |||||
| 3 | GM | Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 / 4 | 4.25 | ||||
| 4 | GM | Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu | 2669 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0 / 4 | 4.25 | ||||
| 5 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | 2804 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.0 / 4 | 3.75 | ||||
| 6 | GM | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2715 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.0 / 4 | 3.50 | ||||
| 7 | GM | Evgeniy Najer | 2681 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 / 4 | |||||
| 8 | GM | Rainer Buhmann | 2651 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1.0 / 4 |
Photos: Georgios Souleidis
