Carlsen drew with the black pieces against Sam Shankland.
Going into the tournament's second rest day, two players are tied for first with five rounds to go: Magnus Carlsen, who drew with the semi-correct Von Hennig-Schara Gambit against Sam Shankland; and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who easily outplayed Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in an offbeat English.
Today's round was eventful for both chess and non-chess reasons. First, the latter. The story is probably continuing to develop, but here (HT: Allen Becker) is the initial report. In brief, Daniil Dubov was in "close contact" with someone infected with COVID...
The tournament has continued to be competitive and generally aggressive, with 16 decisive games so far out of 42, with plenty of other games seeing players miss significant chances for the full point.
CON IL PATROCINIO DEL COMUNE DI MARIANO COMENSE IL DELEGATO PROVINCIALE FSI DI COMO INDICE A.S.D. SCACCO MATTO! ORGANIZZA CAMPIONATO PROVINCIALE ASSOLUTO VALIDO COME OTTAVO DI FINALE DEL CAMPIONATO...
