Last night, I was finally able to watch a good portion of the round and settled in on about 6 or 7 games that interested me.Bator Sambuev tried all kinds of things to get an attack on tournament leader Walter Arencibia, but at the end of the day had to initiate a repetition of position, down a pawn late in a middlegame that included bishops of the opposite colour.Joel Benjamin has moved into a tie for 1st by defeating Irinia Krush. When I turned off the computer, I thought she had good drawing chances, but shows what I know.Leonig Gerzhoy drew GM Rodriguez, but bot oh boy, I'm sure there must have been some wins in there for him.Artion Samsonkin drew GM Shabalov in about 19 moves.Roman Sapozhnikov drew GM Prelshteyn.Martial Larochelle drew IM MulyarBindi Cheng defeated IM Regan in a nice game.Special shoutout to Aman Hambleton who I thought played a nice game and had some winning chances before bowing to IM Noritsyn. Pairings todayArencibia (6) - Benjamin (6)Bojkov (5.5) - Sambuev (5.5)Bluvshtein (5.5) - Rozentalis (5.5)Shabalov (5.5) - Cheng (5.5)Noritsyn (5) - Samsonkin (5.5)Another 12 players have 5 points.