The good news: World #6 Levon Aronian has completed his transfer from the Armenian federation to that of the USA (well, mostly), allowing him to represent us in the 2022 Chess Olympiad. If current ratings hold...
Game 4 was another very well-played draw. It wasn't flashy, but there was some impressive chess of a more subtle nature. Connoisseurs will be happy, bloodthirsty chess fans who think that 18 consecutive draws in World Championship matches are more than a few too many may not be.
The last match of the first round, between Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, is now history, and it's time for the quarterfinals, which will start on Thursday (December 2 - all the quarterfinal matches are scheduled to coincide with rest days in the World Championship match).