Sumit Kumar
At the end of day 10, Ding Liren and Hikaru Nakamura caught up Magnus Carlsen at the top of the points table. The gap between the top four and bottom fours are widening.
On day 2 of round 5, the first match was between Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, which ended in Armageddon game. Both won 1-1 game in the first two matches and later two ended in a draw.
In the second match, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Ding Liren in 1.5-2.5 match.
Fabiano Caruana got 2 points and Hikaru Nakamura got 1 point as the match ended in Armageddon while Ding Liren got full 3 points.
At the end of the Day 10 points were:
Magnus Carlsen – 11
Hikaru Nakamura – 11
Ding Liren – 11
Fabiano Caruana – 10
Maxime Lagrave – 5
Ian Nepomniachtchi – 5
Anish Giri – 3
Alireza Firouzja – 3
