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3rd FIDE Grand Prix 2022 - Round 4

We were almost complaining after 16 games with only one decisive result in the last two rounds and BAM!
The players today went all-out and produced FIVE decisive results out of eight games.
In Pool A, Naka's back. The American won a great game against Levon Aronian. A great feat by Hikaru, that with this win catches Levon at 2.0/4.
But they don't lead the Pool! Oparin, who so far is having a great tournament, defeated the higher-rated Esipenko, and now leads the group with 2.5/4.

Pool A	1	2	3	4	PTS
Nakamura	aa	0-1	1/2	1/2	2.0
Aronian	1-0	aa	1/2	1/2	2.0
Esipenko	1/2	1/2	aa	1/2-0	1.5
Oparin	1/2	1/2	1/2-1	aa	2.5

In Pool B, Mamedyarov outplayed the young German GM Keymer, and Dominguez drew with Dubov. Mamedyarov and Dominguez lead the group with 2.5/4.

Pool B	1	2	3	4	PTS
Mamedyarov	aa	1/2	1/2	1/2-1	2.5
Dominguez	1/2	aa	1-1/2	1/2	2.5
Dubov	1/2	0-1/2	aa	0	1.5
Keymer	1/2-0	1/2	1	aa	2.0

In Group C, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Predke and So drew with Shankland. Now all the four players sit at 2.0/4!

Pool C	1	2	3	4	PTS
So	aa	1/2	1/2-1/2	1/2	2.0
Vachier-Lagrave	1/2	aa	1/2	0-1	2.0
Shankland	1/2-1/2	1/2	aa	1/2	2.0
Predke	1/2	1-0	1/2	aa	2.0

In Pool D, another surprise: Amin Tabatabaei, the young Iranian GM upset Nikita Vitiugov. Giri and Yu drew and, like in pool C, now everyone has 2 points.