Czech GM David Navara (2724) beat Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov (2723) to reach fifty percent.
Hungarian talent GM Richard Rapport (2671) meanwhile played a wild game against GM Michael Adams (2740), which eventually petered out into a draw. The other game between French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2731) and Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2733) also ended in a draw.
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