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1st FIDE Grand Prix 2022 - Round 4

Today's standing out facts in Berlin are that Wesley So won again, defeating Dominguez in Pool D, and Dubov won his first game in the competition, coming out of a negative streak.

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

In Pool A we had two draws, with Hikaru Nakamura still in the lead by half a point over Grischuk and Esipenko.

Pool B	1	2	3	4	PTS
Wojtaszek	aa	1/2	1-1/2	1/2	2.5
Fedoseev	1/2	aa	0	1-1	2.5
Rapport	0-1/2	1	aa	1/2	2.0
Oparin	1/2	0-0	1/2	aa	1.0

In Pool B Fedoseev defeated Oparin, who is already out of contention, with only a point. Fedoseev joined Wojtaszek - who drew his game - in the lead, with 2.5/4.

Pool C	1	2	3	4	PTS
Aronian	aa	1/2	1	1-1/2	3.0
Dubov	1/2	aa	1/2-1	0	2.0
Keymer	0	1/2-0	aa	1/2	1.0
Gujrathi	0-1/2	1	1/2	aa	2.0

In Pool C Aronian, with a draw with Vidit, strengthened his leadership: he now leads by a whole point over Dubov, who finally won his first game today, against the young German GM Keymer.

Pool D	1	2	3	4	PTS
So	aa	1/2-1	1/2	1	3.0
Dominguez	1/2-0	aa	1/2	1	2.0
Harikrishna	1/2	1/2	aa	1/2-1/2	2.0
Shirov	0	0	1/2-1/2	aa	1.0

In Pool D Shirov was able to resist Harikrishna, deserving the half-point. It was an intense battle.

Wesley So, one of the favorites for the final victory, after a couple of games he drew saying he was jet-lagged, won the second game in a row, defeating Dominguez. Now Wesley leads by a whole point, like Aronian in pool C.

Here is a table with the general standings, directly from the official website.