After starting the Du Te Cup in Shenzhen China with a draw (with Dmitry Jakovenko) and a loss (to Anish Giri), Pentala Harikrishna has caught fire, winning three games in a row. He defeated Richard Rapport in round 3, the generally bulletproof Ding Liren in round 4, and the other Chinese super-GM participating in this event, Yu Yangyi, in round 5. He has thus "won" the first cycle with 3.5/5, half a point ahead of Giri, a point ahead of Ding, and a point and a half clear of the other three. The players have a rest day on Monday, and then they'll do it all again with colors reversed.