Hikaru N. won his final game to convincingly win the Unive Tournament and start to work his way back into the Top 10 rankings.

In St Petersburg, Anton Kovalyev is participating in the Chigorin Memorial. After 5 rounds he is tied for 9th with 4 points. Among those with 4 is top seed Alexei Shirov. Lesser known names of Demchenko and Shimanov are in 1st with perfect score.

A lot of Canadians may not know Renier Castellanos, but the Spanish IM has been living in Montreal for the past 3-4 years and is usually right around the #10 spot on the CFC rating list. He recently earned his third and final GM norm. Congrats. He is back in Spain at the moment, but we can always hope he returns to Montreal and makes it his permanent home.