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2nd FIDE Grand Prix 2022 - Round 4

Finally, something moved in Pool D!
After three rounds with all draws, French numero uno Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his game today, defeating GM Predke.

Now Maxime leads his pool, and with two rounds to go, becomes the favorite to access the semifinals.

Pool D	1	2	3	4	PTS
Mamedyarov	aa	1/2-1/2	1/2	1/2	2.0
Yu Yangyi	1/2-1/2	aa	1/2	1/2	2.0
Vachier-Lagrave	1/2	1/2	aa	1/2-1	2.5
Predke	1/2	1/2	1/2-0	aa	1.5

In Pool A, Shankland had the upper hand in the game vs. Etienne Bacrot, but there Frenchman defended fiercely, and the American had to settle for a draw. Andreiking and Grishuk played a quiet draw.

Pool A	1	2	3	4	PTS
Grischuk	aa	0	0-1/2	1/2	0.5
Shankland	1	aa	1/2	1/2-1/2	2.0
Andreikin	1-1/2	1/2	aa	1/2	2.0
Bacrot	1/2	1/2-1/2	1/2	aa	1.5

In Pool B, young Tabatabaei held to a draw the favorite Anish Giri; Vitiugov and Harikrishna drew.

Anish leads by a whole point, and with only two rounds to go, it'll be hard for the other three in Pool B to catch the Dutch GM.

Pool B	1	2	3	4	PTS
Giri	aa	1/2	1	1-1/2	3.0
Harikrishna	1/2	aa	0-1/2	1/2	1.5
Vitiugov	0	1-1/2	aa	1/2	2.0
Tabatabaei	0-1/2	1/2	1/2	aa	1.5

In Pool C Vidit and Rapport keep the leadership, with 2.5/4. Shirov, with 1.0/4 is out of contention at this point. Fedoseev, half a point behind the leader, could still have a word on the qualification for the semis.