It was a good run while it lasted, but finally, after six of the 10 rounds have finished, a pre-tournament 2700-rated player has lost a game. Two, in fact, including the mighty Wesley So, who lost as White to Nils Grandelius. Speaking of Grandelius and 2700dom, he's within striking range of that milestone as well. So far he has gained 9.3 points to reach 2691.3; a strong finish could put him over the top. The other big gun to lose was Vassily Ivanchuk, who lost with Black to Jaime Santos Latasa (2581).
Still, it's not as if the 2700 crowd is doing poorly, and of the eight players tied for first five of them are rated over 2700 and the other three have pre-tournament ratings of 2682 (Grandelius) and up. The leaders, with 5/6, are: David Navara, Grandelius, Vladislav Artemiev, Levon Aronian, Le Quang Liem, Ivan Saric, Baskaran Adhiban, and Hikaru Nakamura.
Four rounds remain, and now that Wijk is over I'll try to look a bit more closely at at the action in Gibraltar as this prestigious open enters its home stretch.