1/16/2007 – A marathon 75-move game between the tournament leader Teimour Radjabov and Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov ended with a victory for the Azerbaijani, who maintained his lead in the table. Veselin Topalov played another precision game to annihilate Alexei Shirov, Kramnik was unable to overcome Navara's defence. Games, pictures and videos.
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Round 4
Radjabov and Tiviakov at the start of the longest game of the day
Teimour Radjabov, with a remarkable 3.5/4 start in Wijk
Armenian Super-GM Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler, Super-GM and cricket fian from St Petersburg
Another tough battle, Navara vs Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik pushed hard and long but only got a draw
The tensest game of the day: Alexei Shirov vs Veselin Topalov
Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler analysing
Russian journalist Yuriy Vasiliev interviewing Veselin Topalov in the press
room
16-year-old Maxime Vachier-Lagrave analysing with Turkish GM Suat Atalik
(after beating him in round four). In the background: Ponomariov and Svidler.
GM Parimarjan Negi, who lost to WGM Nadezhda Kosintseva in round four
Group B
Group C
Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 16th
D. Jakovenko - D. Stellwagen
½-½
E. L’Ami - V. Bologan
½-½
J. Smeets - J. Werle
1-0
M. Vachier-Lagrav - S. Atalik
1-0
P. Eljanov - B. Xiangzhi
1-0
T. Kosintseva - G. Sargissian
1-0
V. Georgiev - F. Nijboer
½-½
Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 16th
T. Willemze - E. van Haastert
0-1
Z. Peng - H. Jonkman
1-0
I. Nepomniachtchi - M. Bosboom
1-0
H. Yifan - E. Berg
½-½
W. Spoelman - J. van der Wiel
½-½
S. Brynell - M. Krasenkow
½-½
P. Negi - N. Kosintseva
0-1
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