Leko is content with drawing his game. Today is another peaceful draw for him against Bacrot. He still leads Aronian and Topalov by 1/2 and 1 point respectively with just two rounds to go. Guess who he has to play in the next 2 rounds? You got it! Topalov and Aronian.
It seems that Svidler has given up on this event. He took a 20 move draw against Aronian with the White pieces.
There were still plenty of play left in the Vallejo versus Radjabov game. But they decided to call it a day on move 45.
Topalov fought hard to win a pawn against Ivanchuk. However, with the Rook and Bishop opposite color endgame, he did not want to waste energy for an almost impossible to win position. He has a big game against Leko tomorrow.
There are no changes in the standings.
1. 7.5 GM Peter Leko (Hungary 2740)
2. 7.0 GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2752)
3-4. 6.5 GM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan 2700), GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria 2801)
5. 6.0 GM Peter Svidler (Russia 2765)
6-7 5.0 GM Etienne Bacrot (France 2717), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2729)
8 4.5 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain 2650) 
I don’t get Svidler. I think he really gave up.
I think Topalov vs Leko will see some home preparation from these guys. Should be an interesting game or a short draw 😛
With Radjabov’s performance today against Pons, I guess he doesn’t want to try steal it afterall.