Under 1800 update
Wignifty1 (USA) is the clear leader at this early stage with 6 straight wins. Chollatzkows (Germany), Hion14 (Scotland), Renier66 (Venezuela), ViPauChess (Germany) and Kaa240958 (Russia) are not far behind - with so many games still to go in this opening round a lot can happen.
The biggest upset so far was RichardBourke (1596) from Australia defeating KnightSpooken (1748) from Canada. Richard has almost 3000 daily games experience so it is no surprise that the game review described their game as - Intense — That was a serious game!