Avirat Wins Again
India is blessed with many young talents. One of the brightest ones is Avirat Chauhan. The 2013-born youngster from Pune scored another win in the tournament to reach 4/6 points against 6 International Masters. He is closing in on scoring his IM/GM Norm.






Replay Round 6 Games
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Round 6 Results
Bo. | No. |
| White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg |
| No. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | GM | 2550 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | 2652 | 1 | ||||
2 | 2 | GM | 2609 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | 2508 | 14 | ||||
3 | 18 | IM | 2496 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | 2590 | 4 | ||||
4 | 28 | IM | 2457 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | 2576 | 6 | ||||
5 | 9 | IM | 2551 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | 2461 | 26 | ||||
6 | 24 | IM | 2466 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | 2597 | 3 | ||||
7 | 5 | GM | 2584 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | 2481 | 22 | ||||
8 | 7 | GM | 2569 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | 2453 | 30 | ||||
9 | 29 | IM | 2454 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | 2553 | 8 | ||||
10 | 32 | IM | 2446 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | 2543 | 12 |
Standings after Round 6
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | GM | 2652 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 17 | |||
2 | 28 | IM | 2457 | 5 | 0 | 18,5 | 16,5 | |||
3 | 4 | GM | 2590 | 5 | 0 | 17,5 | 15 | |||
4 | 2 | GM | 2609 | 4,5 | 0 | 21 | 17,5 | |||
5 | 14 | GM | 2508 | 4,5 | 0 | 20 | 16,5 | |||
6 | 29 | IM | 2454 | 4,5 | 0 | 20 | 16,5 | |||
7 | 26 | GM | 2461 | 4,5 | 0 | 19,5 | 17 | |||
8 | 5 | GM | 2584 | 4,5 | 0 | 18 | 15,5 | |||
9 | 12 | GM | 2543 | 4,5 | 0 | 18 | 15 | |||
10 | 24 | IM | 2466 | 4,5 | 0 | 17,5 | 14,5 |
Round 7 Pairings
Bo. | No. |
| White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg |
| No. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | GM | 2590 | 5 | 5 | IM | 2457 | 28 | |||||
2 | 1 | GM | 2652 | 5 | 4½ | GM | 2609 | 2 | |||||
3 | 12 | GM | 2543 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | 2584 | 5 | |||||
4 | 14 | GM | 2508 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | 2551 | 9 | |||||
5 | 26 | GM | 2461 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | 2466 | 24 | |||||
6 | 6 | GM | 2576 | 4 | 4½ | IM | 2454 | 29 | |||||
7 | 27 | IM | 2457 | 4 | 4 | GM | 2569 | 7 | |||||
8 | 30 | GM | 2453 | 4 | 4 | GM | 2550 | 10 | |||||
9 | 16 | IM | 2501 | 4 | 4 | IM | 2451 | 31 | |||||
10 | 84 | 2301 | 4 | 4 | IM | 2500 |







