Overview

• Praggnanandhaa defeated Alireza Firouzja with Black to join Fabiano Caruana in the lead on 4.5/7.
• Caruana made a short draw with Levon Aronian, leaving Aronian and Wesley So a half-point back on 4/7.
• Wesley So scored his first victory of the event by beating world champion D Gukesh, handing Gukesh his second loss.
• Jan-Krzysztof Duda notched his first win by overcoming Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who has now lost four of seven.
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave drew with Sam Sevian, continuing a draw-heavy tournament, as the final classical leg of the Grand Chess Tour drives qualification for the Sao Paulo finals.