Ivanchuk-Sindarov
In his game against Sindarov, Ivanchuk played the Catalan Opening. The game was long balanced, but after move 40, Sindarov was slightly better. However, he just needed half a point to win the tournament, so he accepted Ivanchuk’s draw offer.
Robson-Rapport
After a long opening theory sequence in the King’s Indian, Robson was a pawn up, but Rapport had good compensation for the pawn. In a balanced position right before move 40, the game ended in a draw by repetition.
l’Ami-Erdogmus
In his game against l’Ami, Erdogmus chose the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. For quite a while, they followed a game Nakamura – Dominguez, where white ended up winning a pawn, but still had problems winning the game. L’Ami tried to improve on white’s game by playing 23.Ndc4 instead of 23.Nb3, but white still did not have much of an advantage. Erdogmus defended well and the game ended in a draw.
Grandelius-Tan
As white against Tan, Grandelius played his patented 5.d3 in the Ruy Lopez. The game went back and forth, but when Grandelius got his pawns going with 38.e5, black’s position collapsed and after 57 moves, Tan had to resign.