With five rounds and two rest days still to come in the biggest event of the year, Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh continued to be joint leaders on 5.5 points out of a possible nine while Praggnanandhaa is the sole third half a point behind. Nakamura, Gujrathi and Caruana share the fourth spot on 4.5 points.

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