Magnus Carlsen collapsed against Vassily Ivanchuk in both his games, while Levon Aronian defeated Vugar Gashimov in both of theirs. Aronian now tops both the blindfold and rapid sections in Monaco, leading in the overall score with 8.0/10, 1½ points ahead of Vishy Anand in second place. Ivanchuk won the € 1,000 Game of the Day prize for his rapid win over Carlsen.