Bucharest, India's R Praggnanandhaa will face Romania's Deac Bogdan-Daniel in the sixth round of the Super Chess Classic, seeking to break his run of draws.
Germany's Vincent Keymer leads the tournament by half a point over a chasing pack that includes Dutch duo Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest, top seeded American Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa.
Caruana joined the shared second spot by defeating Alireza Firouzja of France in his fourth round game, which was pushed back to the rest day due to Firouzja's ankle injury.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and Wesley share the sixth spot on 2.5 points each, while World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan are right behind on two points.
Romanian Bogdan-Daniel is in ninth spot on 1.5 points, half point ahead of Firouzja.
The 10-player nine-rounds event carries a total prize pool of USD 375000 with USD 100000 reserved for the winner.
Pairings round 6: Deac Bogdan-Daniel vs R Praggnanandhaa; Vincent Keymer vs Alireza Firouzja; Caruana Fabiano vs Javokhir Sindarov; Jorden Van Foreest vs Anish Giri.
