Carlsen Beats Caruana In Biel
Magnus Carlsen continued to show that he is the class of the field by making his third win in four rounds at the Biel tournament in Switzerland.
Carlsen beat Fabiano Caruana to stretch his lead to four points (under the the Bilbao 3-1-0 scoring system that is in operation). In contrast, Caruana now falls to last place.
The games between Alexei Shriov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Alexander Morozevich and Yannick Pelletier were both drawn.
Carlsen beat Caruana in round four
The standings after four rounds:
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2821 | 10 |
| 2 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2694 | 6 |
| 3 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2714 | 5 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2722 | 3 |
| 5 | Pelletier, Yannick | SUI | 2590 | 3 |
| 6 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2711 | 2 |
Games start each day at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC, 08:00 Eastern), except the final round on 29 July which is three hours earlier. There are rest days on 21 July and 24 July. Live games can be followed from this link at the official website.
Photo from the tournament's Facebook Page.
