Biel GM Round 4: Navara wins spectacularly, leads!

The 4th round of the Biel GM Tournament 2015 witnessed one of the most spectacular King manoeuvres as GM David Navara overcame GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek in an inspired fashion. In a Queenless middlegame, Navara, playing White, drove his King all the way up to h8 while resourcefully sidestepping any mating nets whatsoever. As such, Wojtaszek, who had already sacrificed a full Bishop to create a mating net, proved unsuccessful and soon resigned on move 48.

In other games, GM Pavel Eljanov defeated GM Michael Adams whilst GMs Rapport and Vachier-Lagrave split points amongst themselves.

After 4 Rounds, Navara leads the table with a tally of 3 points followed by Vachier-Lagrave on 2.5 points.

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