Now it's five out of six decisive games that involve the Romanian players, as Constantin Lupulescu dropped to -1 after losing to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who now shares the lead with Wesley So and Alexander Grischuk. The game was interesting from start to finish, and the initiative went back and forth, but at a certain point Lupulescu lost the thread of the game. Mamedyarov built up a kingside attack, and when Lupulescu missed a nice tactical trick his game was instantly lost, and his opponent had no trouble bringing home the full point.
The players are off on Thursday, and on Friday we have these pairings:
Today's games, with my comments to Lupulescu-Mamedyarov, are here.