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Day four featured a win and a draw by Nepomniachtchi over Caruana. ALSO two wins out of two games by So over Carlsen.
Set Up For Today
Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. f4 Ndb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c4 d4 8. Nfd2 Na4 9. Ne4 a5 10. f5 Bc6 11. Nbd2 Ncb6 12. Bxa4 Nxa4 13. Bg3 Ra6 14. Kc2 Rb6 15. b3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 dxc3 17. Nb1 h5 18. h4 a4 19. Nxc3 Qe8 20. Qf2 Ra6 21. Rhe1 Ka8 22. Qxc5 Be7 23. Qf2 Bb4 24. Red1 Qd8 25. Rdb1 Qa5 26. Nxa4 Bxa4 27. bxa4 Bc5 28. Qf3 Qxa4+ 29. Kd2 Rb8 30. Rb5 Rb6 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxb5 33. cxb5 exf5 34. Rc1 b6 35. Rc4 Rd8 36. Kc3 Kb7 37. d4 Bf8 38. a4 Rd7 39. Bf4 Be7 40. g3 Bd8 41. Rc6 Bc7 42. Kc4 Rd8 43. d5 Ra8 44. Kb3 Re8 45. d6 Bd8 46. Kc4 Rg8 47. d7 Be7 48. e6 1-0
Final Position
So vs Carlsen 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. f4 Nb6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nf3 Nc4 9. Bd3 Nc8 10. a4 N8b6 11. a5 Na4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. Nbd4 Be7 15. Bh4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 O-O-O 17. Nhf3 Rd5 18. b3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nc5 20. Kc2 Bd7 21. b4 Na6 22. Kb3 Rd8 23. Rhc1+ Kb8 24. Rc4 Be8 25. Rac1 h6 26. h4 b5 27. R4c2 Kb7 28. Rd2 Nb8 29. Rcd1 Rc8 30. Ne2 Bc6 31. Nfd4 g5 32. Nxc6 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Nxc6 34. Nc3 gxf4 35. Nxb5 Kb8 36. Rd7 a6 37. Nd6 Nd4+ 38. Ka4 Rg8 39. Nxf7 Nf5 40. Nd6 Nxh4 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. Rb6 Nxg2 43. Rxa6+ Kb8 44. Rb6+ Ka8 45. Ra6+ Kb8 46. Rb6+ Ka8 47. Nb5 Ne3 48. Ra6+ Kb8 49. Rb6+ Ka8 50. Nc7+ Ka7 51. Rxe6 f3 52. Rf6 Ng4 53. Nb5+ Kb8 54. Rxf3 Nxe5 55. Rf5 Rg5 56. Rf8+ Kb7 57. Nd6+ Kc6 58. Nf7 Nxf7 59. Rxf7 h5 60. b5+ Kd5 1-0
Final Position
Carlsen vs So 0-1
[SetUp “1”][FEN “rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w – – 0 1”]1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. a6 b6 4. d3 Nd6 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 f5 8. f3 Nd6 9. Qxe5 Bf6 10. Qf4 O-O-O 11. Nge2 g5 12. Qe3 Bxb2 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qf6 15. h4 Nc4 16. hxg5 Nxe3 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd3 Rg8 19. Be2 Rxg2 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Bd3 Rd4 22. Nce2 Rd6 23. Kb2 c5 24. Rae1 c4 25. Nc3 cxd3 26. Rxe3 dxc2 27. Rc1 Kb8 28. Rxc2 Bd7 29. Re7 b5 30. Rf7 Rxa6 31. Ncd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rd6 33. Ne7 Rh8 34. Rc5 a6 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. Rcxf5 h5 37. Re5 h4 38. Ree7 Rb6 39. Kc3 h3 40. Rh7 Rxh7 41. Rxh7 Rf6 42. Rxh3 Kb7 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Ke5 Rf8 45. f4 b4 46. f5 a5 47. Rf3 a4 48. Kd4 Kb5 49. Kd3 Rc8 50. f6 b3 51. Kd4 0-1
Final Position
Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2
[SetUp “1”][FEN “rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w – – 0 1”]1. e4 e6 2. Nge2 Nge7 3. f3 d5 4. a4 Nd6 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. c3 dxc3 8. dxc3 f5 9. Bg3 fxe4 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. fxe4 Bc7 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Bc2 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Qf7 15. Rf1 Qe8 16. a5 a6 17. Ra4 Rf8 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Ka2 Bh5 21. Qe3 Bd1 22. Qe1 Bxb3+ 23. Kxb3 Nxa5+ 24. Kc2 Nc6 25. Qe2 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Qf2 Rf8 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxh7 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Rf2+ 31. Kc1 Ne5 32. Rd4 Nc4 33. b3 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Rf2+ 35. Kc1 Rf1+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 37. ½-½
Final Position
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