Reigning world champion D Gukesh and world number two Fabiano Caruana played out a stalemate that lasted just 24 moves, and are currently sitting at the third and fourth spots respectively with 2 points each. R Praggnanandhaa, meanwhile, moved to the top spot after defeating Arjun Erigaisi in an all-Indian battle to take his points tally to 2.5 out of a possible 3.