So good for Wesley, so bad for Negi

Wesley So won his second game with Black, this time against Maxim Rodshtein, to take the lead on 2.5/3.
At the other end of the table Parimarjan Negi loses again to find himself on a lonely 0/3.

The encounter between Rodshtein and So was a highly theoretical Grünfeld where the Phillipine GM seemed to improve on known theory and equalize easily. Later after obtaining good piece play Wesley So finished off with a nice combination.

Name	Country	Rating	Result	Name	Country	Rating	Number of moves
Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2650	0.5-0.5	Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2708	22
David Howell	ENG	2616	0.5-0.5	Anish Giri	NED	2672	27
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2723	0.5-0.5	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2617	54
Maxim Rodshtein	ISR	2609	0-1	Wesley So	PHI	2674	39
Parimarjan Negi	IND	2615	0-1	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2697	28

The other decisive result saw Negi avoiding theory with a rather tame Closed Sicilian. Caruana played actively and obtained the initiative and won quickly as the Indian blundered under pressure.

Seed	Name	Country	Rating	Points
1st	Wesley So	PHI	2674	2.5
2nd-3rd	Evgeny Tomashevsky	RUS	2708	2
2nd-3rd	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2697	2
4th-8th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2723	1.5
4th-8th	Anish Giri	NED	2672	1.5
4th-8th	Dmitry Andreikin	RUS	2650	1.5
4th-8th	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2617	1.5
4th-8th	Maxim Rodshtein	ISR	2609	1.5
9th	David Howell	ENG	2616	1
10th	Parimarjan Negi	IND	2615	0

In second place there are two players, Tomashevsky and Caruana, both having won one game and made two draws.

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