Overview

• Nihal Sarin defeated Parham Maghsoodloo to reach 5.5/7, and Matthias Bluebaum upset Arjun Erigaisi to join him at the top.
• Seven players trail by half a point on 5/7, including Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Niemann, Vidit Gujrathi and Abhimanyu Mishra.
• World champion D Gukesh lost a third straight game, falling to 16-year-old Ediz Gurel, and sits on 3/7 with four rounds left.
• The leaders are paired in round eight, and a draw could allow the 5-point chasers to catch them.
• In the Women's Grand Swiss, Vaishali Rameshbabu leads on 6/7 after beating Guo Qi, with two Candidates spots also at stake.