Three players entered the round in first, but only one left that way. Magnus Carlsen began the round sharing first with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So, and took care of the first one himself while So was lucky to draw with Sergey Karjakin when he got away with a blunder.
The tournament reached (and passed) the halfway point on Sunday followed by a rest day on Monday. Ian Nepomniachtchi had been the solo leader from early on, and had accounted for most of the action in the tournament up to that point.
The Grand Chess Tour event in Zagreb, Croatia is the marquee event at the moment, but both Netanya (finishing today/tomorrow = Tuesday) and Danzhou (started Sunday) are worth following as well.
Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History" podcast is always extremely interesting, whether one agrees with his (occasionally sweeping) claims or not, and the new episodes of season 4 are no exception.
