The competitive aspect of the New Delhi tournament is just about over, and seemingly has been for a round or two. It's still possible for Fabiano Caruana to blow tournament victory, as he leads Krishnan Sasikiran by "only" a point and a half with two rounds to go; possible, but highly unlikely. Caruana drew in round 7 and won again today, pushing his total to a mighty 6.5/8 with a gaudy 2897 TPR. His victim today was Hou Yifan, but the good news for her is that she had gone an undefeated 2/3 after her disastrous 0-4 start. It's good to see that she has managed to maintain her competitive spirit.
Wouter Spoelman hasn't added to his plus score after his 3-0 start, but draws the past two rounds sufficed to maintain his position in clear first in the Dutch Championship. In round 4 all his closest pursuers drew, but today both Anish Giri and Robin Swinkels won to close to within half a point. Spoelman's last opponent, Erwin L'Ami, did all he could to make it a three way tie, but despite almost 100 moves of torture in a queen ending the game ended in a stalemate after 151 moves.