Goryachkina grabs the lead after round 4
Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Bela Khotenashvili in a marathon game with white pieces, and with this victory, she is in the sole lead after 4th round. After the opening, it seemed she had more pleasant position and more space for her pieces. After much maneuvering, the position went into an endgame, and if only Bela didn't blunder, the game would have finished as a draw.
Viktorija Cmilyte effectively defeated Irina Bulmaga in a very sharp Sicilian. Viktorija seemed to enjoy her position with black, and in only 27 moves she scored her third win in this tournament.
Good game was played on the board number 4, between Ekatarina Kovalevskaya and Tatiana Kosintseva. However, after a great fight, Tatiana blundered in a time trouble and had to resign two moves after.
Convincing wins achieved Katherina Lagno against Nino Batsiashvili and Antoaneta Stefanova againist Sabrina Vega Gutierrez.
Important victory scored Maia Lomineishvili, who defeated former compatriot Ana Matnadze in 104 moves.
Jovana Vojinovic - the best rated Serbian player on the tournament, drew with Natalia Pogonina. She had a slight advantage as white, but she couldn't make more than half a point.
Melia Salome decided to play Lasker and try to use tactics against Inna Gaponenko, but this was not enough for a win against experienced Ukrainian.
