Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov was defeated by American black figures Fabiano Caruana. His compatriot Nikita Vitiugov in white lost to the representative of the Netherlands Jorden van Forest. Another Russian Vladislav Artemyev broke the world with American Wesley So. In the overall standings, Alireza Firuja, flying the FIDE flag, leads with five points scored. Dubov and Artyomiev got 3.5 points, Vitiugov got 2.5 points.
It was previously reported that Alexandra Goryachkina beat Ju Wenjun in the eighth game of the match for the chess crown.