Aronian still in sole lead

Anish Giri and D Gukesh exchanged thoughts as the founder of ChessBase, Frederic Friedel observes them | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters

Gukesh - Keymer: 0.5-0.5

D Gukesh (2718) is yet to lose either a rated or over-the-board game against Vincent Keymer (2690). That remained unchanged on Sunday. The 44th Olympiad Gold medalist made a nice pawn sacrifice which soon resulted in him regaining that pawn and sacrifice his exchange. He gained a pawn and weakened the German's king as a compensation in this entire sequence.

Position after 17.b4

17.b4 utlizes the fact that the c5-pawn is being pinned by the bishop at e3. 17...Qxb4 18.d6 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Bb5 20.c3 Qa4 21.Qxe5 Bxf1 22.Bxh6! destroying the pawn structure in front of the castled king gxh6 23.Rxf1 Rae8 24.Qxc5 Re6 and the game eventually ended in a draw.

When Gukesh plays the subtle 20.c3 against Keymer | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with Vincent Keymer (German audio) | Video: WR Chess Masters

D Gukesh - Vincent Keymer (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) - R Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters
Interview with Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Video: WR Chess Masters

Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) - Levon Aronian (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters
Interview with Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Video: WR Chess Masters

Wesley So (USA) - Ian Nepomniachtchi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters
Interview with Ian Nepomniachtchi | Video: WR Chess Masters

Anish Giri (NED) - Andrey Esipenko: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters
Anish Giri analyzes his game against Andrey Esipenko | Video: WR Chess Masters

All ten participants of WR Chess Masters 2023 during Round 4 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters

WR Chess Charity Cup 2023 Blitz prize winners | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters

15-year-old Yaroslav Bilenko (UKR) is the winner of WR Chess Charity Cup 2023 Blitz | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters

Yaroslav Bilenko is one of the six Ukrainians, invited by the main organizer, Wadim Rosenstein, played a friendly Blitz tournament. The 15-year-old won the tournament, a trophy and the most important prize of making the ceremonial first move of Round 4. All participants of the tournament won ChessBase packages and WR Chess merchandises.

Yaroslav Bilenko (UKR) making the ceremonial first move of the fourth round on So-Nepomniachtchi's board | Photo: Lennart Ootes/WR Chess Masters
Interview with Wadim Rosenstein, the main sponsor of WR Chess Masters 2023 | Video: WR Chess Masters
Replay Live commentary of WR Chess Masters 2023 Round 4 by GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Elisabeth Paehtz | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 4 games

Prize fund

The total prize fund - €130000. Top three prizes are: €40000, €25000 and €15000 each respectively.

WR Chess Masters 2023 complete prize fund distribution | Photo: Official site

Round 4 results

All five games ended in draws | Photo: Official site

Standings after Round 4

Levon Aronian continues to be a sole leader 3/4 | Photo: Official site

Round 5 pairings

Round 5 pairings | Photo: Official site

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations