Grand Swiss 4: Firouzja and Lei Tingjie sole leaders

Alireza Firouzja’s quick draw with the black pieces against Yu Yangyi was enough to retain the sole lead after Round 4 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss as the chasing pack also drew, with Evgeniy Najer missing a great chance to defeat Ivan Saric. MVL, Aryan Tari, Alexei Shirov, Manuel Petrosyan and Sam Sevian all won to move within half a point of Alireza. In the women’s section China’s Lei Tingjie is now the sole leader after taking down Valentina Gunina in a 72-move game where the Russian Champion put up great resistance in a position three pawns down.

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