By defeating the Polish MI Radoslaw Baski and benefiting from the draw of the remaining candidates, Cintagunta Reddy isolates himself in command of the competition and is also very close to achieving a GM standard. In other years, the Figueirense tournament allowed the achievement of international standards and titles, as was the case of the Serbian Dragan Paunovic who achieved his GM title here in Figueira da Foz. Surprising was the defeat of the most rated player in the tournament and by two times champion of this open, GM Karen Gregoryan. The Armenian GM will have forced to win against Khazar Urazayev Arystanbek and that will have been fatal for the aspirations of this super champion. Two of the main favorites are not yet out, Eltaj Safarli from Azerbaijan and Carlos Albornoz from Cuba, respectively numbers 2 and 3 in the tournament, are half a point off first place and still maintain legitimate aspirations for victory. In today's session, at table 1, Eltaj Safarli plays white against Chintagunta Reddy.

3 Indian players in the top 10, says well the strength of the Indian players present at the Figueirense open this year.

GM Nino Maizuradze, several times champion of France, is now the best female. Indian prodigy Arkhila Charvi now has an impressive 4 points out of 8 and is currently in 44th position.