Can Arjun Erigaisi stop Shamsiddin Vokhidov?

WGM Mary Ann Gomes fought tooth and nail to score the victory against the top seed | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

Mary - Munguntuul

Position after 56.Kd5

WGM Mary Ann Gomes (2315) found the correct plan of using her king to capture Black's crucial a7 and b6-pawns, while using her queen at d3 to keep her own important pawns guarded. 56...Qxa4 57.f5 Qg4 58.Kc7 Qg4 59.Kb8 Qg5 60.Kxa7 Qe7+ 61.Kxb6 capturing the pawns was not the hardest part, converting her decisive advantage into a win was. Her opponent, IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL, 2397) eventually got an opportunity to get back in the game. However, it was not that easy. Eventually Mary went on to win the game after her relentless attempts.

Divya - Alua

Position after 29...Qd7

IM Divya Deshmukh (2389) made a positional exchange sacrifice which gave her a decisive advantage against WIM Alua Nurmanova (KAZ, 2102). 30.Bxc5!+- Qxa4 31.Bxd6 Rd8 32.e5 Rf5 33.Qd3 Qd7 eventually Black had to give up material for the passed pawns and went on to lose the game.

IM Divya Deshmukh is the coleader with Mary Ann 5/6 | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

GM Arjun Erigaisi tried a lot against IM Mukhiddin Madaminov (UZB) | Photo: Kazakhstan Chess Federation

GM Abhimanyu Puranik - GM Pranav V (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

Bakhtiyar Askarov (KAZ) - IM Aronyak Ghosh (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

Round 6 in progress | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

A total of 87 players including 17 GMs and 21 IMs in the Open, 38 players including 5 IMs, 5 WGMs and 9 WIMs in the Women, are taking part from 18 countries across the world including India. The nine-round Swiss League Classical Rating tournament is taking place from 4th to 11th June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is being organized by Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, the Asian Chess Federation, and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation with the support of the Akimat of Almaty. The time control of the tournament is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 mins / end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move no.1.

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Round 6 Open results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
621
GMErigaisi ArjunIND27024½ - ½4IMMadaminov MukhiddinUZB2431
28
635
GMPuranik AbhimanyuIND26024½ - ½4GMPranav VIND2608
3
6522
IMSuleymenov AlisherKAZ24633½1 - 03½GMSethuraman S.P.IND2606
4
6624
IMManish Anto Cristiano FIND24363½0 - 13½GMTin JingyaoSGP2570
8
6742
Askarov BakhtiyarKAZ23373½0 - 13½IMAronyak GhoshIND2534
10
6813
GMDas SayantanIND25083½0 - 13½IMNogerbek KazybekKAZ2493
18
61133
FMIsanzhulov ArystanKAZ24083½ - ½3IMSamant Aditya SIND2503
15
61244
FMNurgaliyev SauatKAZ231930 - 13IMPrraneeth VuppalaIND2498
16
61419
IMShyaamnikhil PIND24903½ - ½3IMAnsat AldiyarKAZ2384
34
62340
IMDushyant SharmaIND23452½0 - 12½Kenbeilov TimurKAZ1879
71

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Round 6 Women results

Rd.Bo.No. NameGrRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrRtg No.
617
WGMGomes Mary Ann231541 - 04IMMunguntuul Batkhuyag2397
1
622
WGMDivya Deshmukh238941 - 04WIMNurmanova Alua2102
20
6311
WGMMunkhzul Turmunkh22593½1 - 03½WGMNandhidhaa P V2363
4
656
WGMAlinasab Mobina234731 - 03½WIMChitlange Sakshi2225
13
688
IMSoumya Swaminathan22932½1 - 02½Mohammadi Melika2062
21
61116
IMMohota Nisha21852½1 - 02½WFMNoshin Anjum1963
25
61332
Ahlam Rashed16372½0 - 12½WIMMakhija Aashna2126
19

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Standings after Round 6 in Open

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
17
GMVokhidov, ShamsiddinUZB25835,524781921,50
228
IMMadaminov, MukhiddinUZB24314,5258821240
39
GMDaneshvar, BardiyaIRI25554,5251120,522,50
46
GMJumabayev, RinatKAZ25904,525062225,50
522
IMSuleymenov, AlisherKAZ24634,5248918200
618
IMNogerbek, KazybekKAZ24934,5248418210
75
GMPuranik, AbhimanyuIND26024,5246319,522,50
827
Utegaliyev, AzamatKAZ24324,5243119210
911
Pour Agha Bala, AmirrezaIRI25234,5242419,5220
103
GMPranav, VIND26084,5242118,5210

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Standings after Round 6 in Women

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
17
WGMGomes, Mary AnnIND2315522621921,50
22
WGMDivya, DeshmukhIND2389521991820,50
311
WGMMunkhzul, TurmunkhMGL22594,521991921,50
420
WIMNurmanova, AluaKAZ21024230919,5220
51
IMMunguntuul, BatkhuyagMGL23974224721240
65
WIMKamalidenova, MeruertKAZ23504220518,5200
715
WIMBalabayeva, XeniyaKAZ2186421501819,50
86
WGMAlinasab, MobinaIRI23474214915,517,50
910
WFMKhamdamova, AfruzaUZB22604202516,517,50
1013
WIMChitlange, SakshiIND22253,5221817,5200

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Round 7 Open pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
717
GMVokhidov ShamsiddinUZB25835½4½GMErigaisi ArjunIND2702
1
7210
IMAronyak GhoshIND25344½4½GMPranav VIND2608
3
7318
IMNogerbek KazybekKAZ24934½4½GMPuranik AbhimanyuIND2602
5
7716
IMPrraneeth VuppalaIND249844½IMMadaminov MukhiddinUZB2431
28
7829
IMMohammad Fahad RahmanBAN242443½GMSethuraman S.P.IND2606
4
71034
IMAnsat AldiyarKAZ23843½3½GMDas SayantanIND2508
13
71115
IMSamant Aditya SIND25033½3½IMZhalmakhanov RamazanKAZ2414
32
71335
IMKazakov KonstantinKAZ23803½3½IMShyaamnikhil PIND2490
19
71739
FMSuyarov MukhammadzokhidUZB23473½3½IMManish Anto Cristiano FIND2436
24
72760
Assylov MirasKAZ20172½2½IMDushyant SharmaIND2345
40

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Round 7 Women pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameGrRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrRtg No.
712
WGMDivya Deshmukh238955WGMGomes Mary Ann2315
7
764
WGMNandhidhaa P V23633½3½WIMNurgali Nazerke2210
14
7719
WIMMakhija Aashna21263½3½IMSoumya Swaminathan2293
8
789
FMKurmangaliyeva Liya22643½3½IMMohota Nisha2185
16
7913
WIMChitlange Sakshi22253½3½WGMGong Qianyun2257
12

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