Kamsky Wins In Round Four

Gata Kamsky (pictured) won the only decisive game of the fourth round of the Nalchik Grand Prix.  He defeated Peter Svidler in a tough strategic Ruy Lopez lasting 74 moves.  Alexander Grischuk retains his narrow half-point lead over the chasing field after he held Lev Aronian to a draw.

Let's hope Kamsky is getting plenty of sleep at nights, because he's working overtime during the day; so far he's averaging almost 80 moves per game!

The other games were all hard-fought draws.  Of particular interest was Boris Gelfand's interesting positional piece sacrifice against Etienne Bacrot, and Vassily Ivanchuk's Queen sacrifice (for Rook and Bishop) against Pavel Eljanov.  The players seem to be in a fighting spirit so far in Nalchik. Good job!

The standings after round four: