Keymer Beats Praggnanandhaa As Le, Salem Snatch Lead

GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is out of the world top-10 after losing to GM Vincent Keymer, who said he’d played 1.e4 for the first time „in like nine years“ in round four of the 2024 Biel Chess Festival Masters classical section. GM Liem Le took over as leader by defeating GM Sam Shankland while in the Challengers we also have a new leader after GM Saleh Salem overcame GM Ihor Samunenkov. GM Vaishali Rameshbabu had to fight on the chessboard and the clock to escape against GM Marc’Andria Maurizzi.

Round five starts Saturday, July 20, at 8 a.m. ET / 14:00 CEST / 5:30 p.m. IST.

Half the games were decisive in round four, and it could have been more.

Classical Chess Round 4 Results: Masters And Challengers