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07/12/2021

England v Rest of the World, Round 4

 

Round 4 of the “England v Rest of the World” Scheveningen tournament at the 2021 London Chess Classic was played on 7th December.

 

The team score after round 3 stood at England 4-5 Rest of World.  Round 4 was a replay of round 1 but for the reversal of colours.

 

Vitiugov v Jones was agreed drawn, by repetition, after 23 moves.  Adams went into B + P v B + 2P – same colour bishops -  and lost.  McShane and Lagarde had used up loads of time in trench warfare in the middlegame, and approached the 40-move time control with both being short of time, and after move 40 both sides had passed pawns and a difficult game which ended in a draw.

 

Fourth-round results were as follows:

 

Boris Gelfand

1-0

Michael Adams

play

Nikita Vitiugov

˝-˝

Gawain Jones

play

Maxime Lagarde

˝-˝

Luke McShane

play

 

That left the team score after round 4 standing at England 5-7 Rest of World.