GM Hikaru Nakamura's prospects at the Sinquefield Cup remain bright, and he felt like wearing shades. Although he was unable to press enough to take out GM Magnus Carlsen for the first time, the bespectacled tournament leader got the better end of a drawn game to lead with 2.5/3.
Carlsen remains in second place with 2/3, though the drumbeat of one of his rivals got a little bit louder. Nakamura was the aggressor as Black and was on the verge of finding a winning plan; even so, he moved up to world number four on the live ratings list.