After three rounds ten players still had a perfect score and in round four these ten players faced each other. Three of these five top games ended in a draw: Ivan Cheparinov and the young Turkish grandmaster Xagiz Kaan Erdogmus shared the points, as did Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel) and Robert Hovhanissyan (Armenia), and Daniel Dardha (Belgium) and Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania). The two games with German participation were both decided but the "German team" only drew this "match" - Frederik Svane won against Nikolas Theodorou but Matthias Bluebaum lost against Maksim Chigaev.

Frederik Svane (right) greets Nikolas Theodorou
Frederik Svane is the second German grandmaster in the top ten U20 players in the world, after Vincent Keymer, and he continues to make a name for himself after his sensational performance at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, where he won gold for the best performance on board 5. Svane's game against Greek Grandmaster Theodorou was rather one-sided: In a Sicilian middlegame Svane won an exchange and converted without much trouble.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0-0 7.d4 a6 7...cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Qc2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nd7 11...e5 12.Nxe5 Qxd4 13.Ndf3 Qb4 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Bc5 Rfd8= 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 e5 14.Be3 exd4 15.Nxd4 15...Qe7 16.f4 Nf6 17.Bf2 Rfe8 18.Nf3 18.e5 Nd5 18...Nxe4?! 18...Nh5 19.g3 Bf8 20.Kg2 Qc7 21.Rac1 19.Ng5 f5 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nd6+ Qe6 25.Nxe8 Qxb3 26.axb3 Rxe8± 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.Bd4 Bxd4+? 28...Bf8± 29.Rxd4 Nf6 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Kf3 h5 33.Kg3 Nd5 34.Kf3 Nf6 35.g3 Ke8 36.Rb4 b5 37.Rd4 Ke7 38.Rd1 Nd5 39.Re1+ Kf7 40.g4 hxg4+ 41.hxg4 Nb4 42.g5+- Nd5 43.Rh1 Kg7 44.Rc1 Nb4 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.Rf1 46.Kd4 Ke7 47.Kc5?? Nd3+-+ 46...a5 47.Rh1 Kg7 48.Kd4 Kg8 49.Rd1 Kf7 50.Ke5 Nd5 51.Rh1 Kg7 52.Rc1 Nb4 53.Rd1 Nd5 54.Rxd5 cxd5 55.Kxd5 Kf7 56.Kd6 1–0

Maksim Chigaev (right) greets Matthias Bluebaum
But Matthias Bluebaum, the 2022 European Champion, did not fare so well against Chigaev. In an Italian, Chigaev, who had White, decided to castle queenside and then launched a successful attack against Bluebaum's king.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.a3 d6 7.h3 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5 9.exd5 Nb8 10.a4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Ba2 Nbd7 13.0-0 d5 7...a5 7...Be6 7...a6 8.Be3 Be6 9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.dxc4 10...Nb8?! 10...Nd4!? 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Nd7 13.Nf3 Bf6 14.Qe3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nc5 16.Nd2 Re8= 15...Re8= 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.h4 c6 13.0-0-0 Qc7 14.g4 Nc5 15.Rhg1 Rab8 16.f4 16.a4!? 16...exf4 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nf3 Rfd8?! 19...f6!? 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qe6+ Rf7 22.Ne4 Ne5= 23.Nfg5? Bxg5 24.Nxg5 Qe7-+ 20.e6 Nf8 20...fxe6 21.Qxe6+ 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Rde1 Bf6 23.Ne4 Bd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 24...cxd4 25.h5 Kg8 26.g5 Kh8+- 25.g5 Kg8 26.h5 Qf7 27.c3 f3 27...Rdd8 28.Qg4 Re8 29.g6+- 28.Nf6+ gxf6? 28...Kh8 29.Qxf3 Rdd8 30.Qh3 29.gxf6+ Kh8 30.Qxf3 Rd6 30...Rdd8 31.Rg7+- 31.Qg3 Rxf6 31...Rbd8 32.Re7+- 32.Qxb8 Qxh5 33.Kb1 Qf7 34.Qe5 Ng6 35.Qxc5 Rf5 36.Qd4+ Kg8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Re7 1–0

Standings after 4 rounds
1 |
11 |
|
GM |
Svane, Frederik |
|
|
2654 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
12,3 |
2 |
43 |
|
GM |
Chigaev, Maksim |
|
|
2605 |
4 |
0 |
7,5 |
9,5 |
2 |
4 |
12,4 |
3 |
2 |
|
GM |
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel |
|
|
2687 |
3,5 |
0 |
9,5 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
6,3 |
4 |
1 |
|
GM |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
|
|
2712 |
3,5 |
0 |
9 |
11,5 |
2 |
3 |
4,8 |
5 |
16 |
|
GM |
Mamedov, Rauf |
|
|
2651 |
3,5 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
3 |
6,6 |
|
38 |
|
GM |
Hovhannisyan, Robert |
|
|
2613 |
3,5 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
3 |
6,2 |
7 |
26 |
|
GM |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
|
|
2632 |
3,5 |
0 |
8,5 |
9,5 |
2 |
3 |
7,5 |
8 |
54 |
|
GM |
Romanov, Evgeny |
|
|
2584 |
3,5 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
33 |
|
GM |
Indjic, Aleksandar |
|
|
2623 |
3,5 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
5,5 |
|
82 |
|
GM |
Blohberger, Felix |
|
|
2536 |
3,5 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
6,9 |
11 |
62 |
|
GM |
Muradli, Mahammad |
|
|
2575 |
3,5 |
0 |
7,5 |
9,5 |
2 |
3 |
4,9 |
12 |
41 |
|
GM |
Dardha, Daniel |
|
|
2606 |
3,5 |
0 |
7,5 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
8,9 |
|
45 |
|
GM |
Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan |
U18 |
|
2604 |
3,5 |
0 |
7,5 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
51 |
|
GM |
Petrov, Nikita |
|
|
2590 |
3,5 |
0 |
7,5 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
5,9 |
15 |
95 |
|
GM |
Sokolovsky, Yahli |
U18 |
|
2516 |
3,5 |
0 |
7,5 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
5,8 |
16 |
53 |
|
GM |
Maurizzi, Marc`andria |
U18 |
|
2585 |
3,5 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
4,7 |
17 |
30 |
|
GM |
Svane, Rasmus |
|
|
2628 |
3,5 |
0 |
7 |
8,5 |
2 |
3 |
5,9 |
|
32 |
|
GM |
Hakobyan, Aram |
|
|
2623 |
3,5 |
0 |
7 |
8,5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
19 |
25 |
|
GM |
Gurel, Ediz |
U18 |
|
2635 |
3,5 |
0 |
6,5 |
7,5 |
2 |
3 |
5,7 |
|
90 |
|
GM |
Samunenkov, Ihor |
U18 |
|
2523 |
3,5 |
0 |
6,5 |
7,5 |
2 |
3 |
9,4 |
21 |
10 |
|
GM |
Bluebaum, Matthias |
|
|
2654 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
2,4 |
22 |
68 |
|
GM |
Can, Emre |
|
|
2559 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
10,5 |
2 |
3 |
3,8 |
23 |
168 |
|
IM |
Koelle, Tobias |
|
|
2414 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
12,2 |
24 |
59 |
|
GM |
Gumularz, Szymon |
|
|
2579 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
3,1 |
25 |
40 |
|
GM |
Theodorou, Nikolas |
|
|
2612 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
3 |
2,4 |
26 |
9 |
|
GM |
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl |
|
|
2654 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
2 |
1,6 |
|
60 |
|
GM |
Motylev, Alexander |
|
|
2577 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
2 |
4,4 |
|
77 |
|
GM |
Ivanisevic, Ivan |
|
|
2544 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
2 |
2 |
7,1 |
29 |
6 |
|
GM |
Saric, Ivan |
|
|
2668 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
1,5 |
|
7 |
|
GM |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
|
|
2668 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
1,2 |
|
18 |
|
GM |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
|
|
2649 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
1,6 |
|
64 |
|
GM |
Yilmaz, Mustafa |
|
|
2568 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
3,3 |
|
136 |
|
GM |
Sedlak, Nikola |
|
|
2444 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
13,1 |
34 |
71 |
|
GM |
Asadli, Vugar |
|
|
2554 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
9,5 |
2 |
2 |
6,9 |
|
91 |
|
IM |
Alexakis, Dimitris |
|
|
2520 |
3 |
0 |
8,5 |
9,5 |
2 |
2 |
7,1 |
36 |
58 |
|
GM |
Gazik, Viktor |
|
|
2579 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
10,5 |
2 |
2 |
1,3 |
37 |
20 |
|
GM |
Kollars, Dmitrij |
|
|
2641 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
1,6 |
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