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There are four leaders now at the top at the Reggio Emilia chess tournament 2007 - 2008. Harikrishna beat everybody's favorite whipping boy in this tournament, Navara. One suspects Navara is a bit lacking in confidence in this tournament. Hope he soon starts fighting back as he is capable of. Harikrisha's comeback after his first round loss to Almasi is already impressive. It bodes well for him for the near future where he will play in the GM Group B section of the Corus Chess Championship at Wijk aan Zee, which starts after Reggio Emilia. Tiviakov beat another favorite whipping boy, Godena while Ni Hua held Korchnoi to a draw. Godena obviously walked into Tiviakov's preparation in a French Defence game. He was slowly ground to his defeat. Standings after Round 4: Zoltan Almasi, Vugar Gashimov, Konstantin Landa, P Harikrishna - 2.5 Ni Hua, Mihail Marin, Sergei Tiviakov, Godena, David Navara - 2

Konstantin Landa and Vugar Gashimov joined overnight leader, Zoltan Almasi at the Reggio Emilia chess tournament. They have collected 2 points each out of the possible 3. The tournament is a very strong one and even Navara, who was recently above 2700 is in the last place with just one point. Landa beat Marin and Gashimov beat Navara (with black pieces). The remaining games were drawn. Standings after round 3: Almasi, Landa, Gashimov - 2 Korchnoi, Ni Hua, Harikrishna, Marin - 1.5 Tiviakov, Godena, Navara - 1