Poised for an exciting finish
Arjun Erigaisi scored a victory to keep his championship chances
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Parham - Arjun: 0-1
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2727) had beaten GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI, 2742) few months ago at FIDE World Rapid Team Championship 2023.
Position after 14.Nxf7
The game had a slightly wild start after 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Qxa8
Position after 28...g4
White allowed 28...g4 with the hopes of gaining some chances on the kingside 29.Bxg4 Nxg4 30.h3 Ngf6 31.Qxh6 Rg8 32.g4 and White could not generate enough play to get compensation let alone win or draw the game.
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Arjun Erigaisi scored his second win of the event, Parham suffered his second loss
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D Gukesh - Pavel Eljanov (UKR): 0.5-0.5
Levon Aronian (USA) - Alexandr Predke (SRB): 0.5-0.5
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Sanan Sjugirov (HUN) - Pentala Harikrishna: 0.5-0.5
One of the best trainers of the world - GM FST R B Ramesh made the ceremonial first move of the sixth round
Round 6 in progress
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Round 6 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 2720 | GM | Gukesh, D | ½ - ½ | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2691 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 2723 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ½ - ½ | GM | Predke, Alexandr | 2689 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 2742 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 0 - 1 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2727 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2703 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | ½ - ½ | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2696 | 4 |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2720 | 4 | 0 | 10,25 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2696 | 3,5 | 1,5 | 10,00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 7 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2691 | 3,5 | 1 | 9,50 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 5 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2727 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 9,25 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2723 | 3 | 0 | 8,75 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2742 | 2,5 | 1 | 7,75 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 3 | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | HUN | 2703 | 2,5 | 0 | 7,50 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 6 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2689 | 1,5 | 0 | 4,50 | 0 | 0 |
Round 7 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2696 | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | GM | Gukesh, D | 2720 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 2727 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2703 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 2689 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2742 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2691 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2723 | 1 |
