Asian Continental 2023 R6: Tenacious Mary topples top seed Munguntuul

WGM Mary Ann Gomes showed her class as she defeated the top seed IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) in Round 6 of Asian Continental Women 2023. There is a reason she has won lots of accolades and laurels over the years. IM Divya Deshmukh won against WIM Alua Nurmanova (KAZ) with ease. Both Mary and Divya are the coleaders in the Women's event with a 5/6 score. They will face each other in the seventh round. In the Open section, GM Arjun Erigaisi could not find a way to break his opponent IM Madaminov Mukhiddin's (UZB) resistance. The All-Indian battle between GM Pranav V and GM Abhimanyu Puranik ended in a draw. Arjun, Abhimanyu, Pranav, IM Aronyak Ghosh along with eight other players are trailing the leader, GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) by a full point at 4.5/6 each. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov