Five participants of the National Cup stage Moscow Open 2020 (among men and women) keep a clean score after four days of the tournament.

The Grandmasters Zhamsaran Tsysypov (The Republic of Buriatia) and Daniil Lintchevski (Saint Petesrburg) with 4 victories are at the top of the men’s list of the tournament. Sixteen chess players are behind the leader by half a point. Among them is the winner of the last year tournament Boris Savchenko and one lady Polina Shuvalova (both from Moscow).

Iulija Osmak (Ukraine), Evgenija Ovod (Leningrad region) and Ekaterina Nasyrova (Tatarstan) are leading the completion among women, all with 4 points. Anastasia Bodnaruk (Saint Petesrburg), Baira Kovanova (Saratov) and Alexandra Maltsevskaya (Moscow) are half a point behind them. Twenty four sportsmen have three points as their assets.

The games of the fifth and ninth rounds will be played on January 29.