There was one decisive game in today’s Sigeman & Co. action, with Jorden Van Foreest exploiting a blunder by Arjun Erigaisi in a double rook ending. The other three games were drawn, with some adventures along the way. Peter Svidler missed a one-move-only opportunity against Vincent Keymer; Dommaraju Gukesh and Abhimanyu Mishra both had brief, non-winning opportunities against each other; and Boris Gelfand used the same principled and semi-suicidal strategy against Nils Grandelius that got him off to an 0-3 start in the tournament, but this time played perfectly to make a draw. (Have a look at the games here, with my comments.)
Two rounds remain, and here’s what’s on tap for Tuesday’s round:
Erigaisi (2) - Mishra (3.5)
Gelfand (1) - Gukesh (3)
Svidler (3.5) - Grandelius (3)
Van Foreest (2.5) - Keymer (1.5)