1. Reggio Emilia. Vitiugov-Giri and Morozevich-Nakamura were normal draws while Caruana-Ivanchuk was neither normal nor drawn. It looked like it would be drawn in a knight and three vs. bishop and three ending, but Ivanchuk poked and prodded with his king and bishop until he had at last extracted an error from the youngster. Caruana miscalculated something, or perhaps failed to calculate at all in time trouble, when he allowed Ivanchuk to swap down into a winning pawn ending.
After three rounds, Morozevich continues to lead with seven points (on 3-1-0 scoring). Nakamura and Ivanchuk have five points apiece; Vitiugov and Giri have two while the hometown favorite (Caruana) has but a single point.
Today's games, with notes to all three over the final stages, are here.
2. San Sebastian. There was a preliminary round yesterday, but today the action began in earnest. The tournament is a seven round knockout event, with a unique twist: opponents play two games with each other simultaneously, one with each color. The thought is that having the white pieces first in a two game mini-match is a substantial advantage, so having the games played simultaneously eliminates that imbalance.
As it's early yet, the heavy hitters haven't faced off yet, but the late rounds should be quite interesting as there are quite a few 2700s involved.
3. The Rilton Cup. There are no super-GMs in this annual open event in Stockholm, Sweden, but it's decently strong as opens go, featuring 19 GMs. It looks like an excellent event for Scandinavian norm aspirants to attend each year.
4. Hastings. The classic annual event is a Swiss event this year with 13 GMs amongst the 112 participants. The top British participant (and second seed overall) is David Howell, while the top seed and clear favorite is Wang Yue (2697).