Wijk R4: Radjabov and Topalov win

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

Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 16th
A. Motylev - L. Aronian ½-½
M. Carlsen - V. Anand ½-½
P. Svidler - R. Ponomariov ½-½
V. Kramnik - D. Navara ½-½
T. Radjabov - S. Tiviakov
1-0
V. Topalov - A. Shirov
1-0
L. van Wely - S. Karjakin ½-½
Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 18th
S. Karjakin - A. Motylev  
A. Shirov - L. van Wely  
S. Tiviakov - V. Topalov  
D. Navara - T. Radjabov  
R. Ponomariov - V. Kramnik  
V. Anand - P. Svidler  
L. Aronian - M. Carlsen  

Standings after four rounds

Other sections


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

Live audio commentary by Yasser Seirawan

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Videos

These video clips are provided by Peter Doggers of ChessVibes.


Topalov postmortem in the press room – 8:13 min


Topalov postmortem – part two

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