The Round 4 Tie-Breaks started off with 4 matches, 3 of which were decided in the ’25+10′ Rapid games. Anish Giri, Pavel Eljanov and Sergey Karjakin overcame Radoslaw Wojataszek, Dmitry Jakovenko and Dmitry Andreikin respectively. However, the Chinese derby – Wei Yi vs Ding Liren – went a round further while providing a lot of action.
Wei Yi – Ding Liren
After scoring a win each in the Classical format, the two Chinese players entered the tie-breakers. Quite contrary to the general expectations, the first 3 games in the tie-breaks ended peacefully, although they were not at all short of excitement. However, Wei Yi scored an all-important victory in the second game of the ’10+10′ rapid round, despite being worse for a major part of the game, to knock-out his compatriot and book a spot in the 5th Round of this prestigious event. The 16 year old Chinese Grandmaster will next face Peter Svidler in the ‘Round of 8’.
Round 5 Pairings:
Vachier-Lagrave vs Anish Giri
Wei Yi vs Svidler
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin
Eljanov vs Nakamura