Lalit Rohit and Neelash Saha in pursuit
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025 is taking place at Corus KLCC Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
James - Deep, Round 6
Position after 20.e5
20...f4? allowed 21.d5+- making White's center pawns menacing. IM James Morris (AUS, 2416) used them to his advantage and went on to beat his coleader, GM Deep Sengupta (2478) to maintain his lead 5.5/6.
IM James Morris (AUS) defeated his coleader GM Deep Sengupta to maintain his lead | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI) lost to GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (ENG) who maintained his lead 5.5/6 | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
GM Lalit Rohith defeated CM Genivan A/L Genkeswaran (MAS) to move to 5/6 | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
IM Neelash Saha defeated FM Goh Zi Han (SGP) using his passed pawn to move to 5/6 | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
Round 5 in progress | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
President of the Commonwealth Chess Association - Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, and the President of the Malaysian Chess Federation - Mr. Akhramsyah Muammar played the inaugural first move | Photo: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2025
Replay Round 1-6 Open games
Round 6 results in Open
| Bo. | White | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | FED | Rtg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Morris James | AUS | 2416 | 4½ | 1 - 0 | 4½ | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2478 | ||
| 2 | IM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2393 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4½ | GM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | ENG | 2501 | ||
| 3 | GM | Lalit Babu M R | IND | 2506 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | CM | Genivan A/L Genkeswaran | MAS | 2035 | ||
| 4 | GM | Vignesh N R | IND | 2494 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2410 | ||
| 5 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2466 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | FM | Goh Zi Han | SGP | 2361 | ||
| 6 | FM | Rahman Syed Mahfuzur | BAN | 2155 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2437 | ||
| 7 | GM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2424 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | Muhammad Nur Daie Bin Masli | MAS | 2114 | |||
| 8 | CM | Weerathungalage W D Malisha Sasvidu | SRI | 1965 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Shyaam Nikhil P | IND | 2423 | ||
| 9 | CM | Chow Yi Chen | MAS | 2146 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | FM | Adireddy Arjun | IND | 2288 | ||
| 10 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | IND | 2285 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | AIM | A'qil A'lauddin Bin Abd Aziz | MAS | 2003 |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | Gr | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | IM | Morris James | AUS | 2416 | 0 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 16,5 | |||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | ENG | 2501 | 0 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 21,5 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Lalit Babu M R | IND | 2506 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20,5 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 3,2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2466 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19,5 | 16,5 | 1 | 10 | 3,9 | |||
| 5 | 5 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2478 | 0 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 21,5 | 18,5 | 2 | 10 | 0,6 | |||
| 6 | 8 | GM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2424 | 0 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 21,5 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1,8 | |||
| 7 | 4 | GM | Vignesh N R | IND | 2494 | 0 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 10 | -2,8 | |||
| 8 | 7 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2437 | 0 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 10 | -4,2 | |||
| 9 | 15 | FM | Adireddy Arjun | U20 | IND | 2288 | 0 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 5,9 | ||
| 10 | 33 | AIM | A'qil A'lauddin Bin Abd Aziz | U20 | MAS | 2003 | 1774 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 18,5 | 15,5 | 1 | 40 | 39,6 |
Round 7 pairings
| Bo. | White | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | FED | Rtg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Fernandez Daniel Howard | ENG | 2501 | 5½ | 5 | GM | Lalit Babu M R | IND | 2506 | |||
| 2 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2466 | 5 | 5½ | IM | Morris James | AUS | 2416 | |||
| 3 | AIM | A'qil A'lauddin Bin Abd Aziz | MAS | 2003 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Vignesh N R | IND | 2494 | |||
| 4 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2478 | 4½ | 4½ | AIM | Lee Yun Rui | MAS | 1834 | |||
| 5 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2437 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2410 | |||
| 6 | FM | Adireddy Arjun | IND | 2288 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2424 | |||
| 7 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2515 | 4 | 4 | CM | Zulkipli Zaidan | MAS | 2105 | |||
| 8 | GM | Shyaam Nikhil P | IND | 2423 | 4 | 4 | WFM | Sanudula K M Dahamdi | SRI | 2043 | |||
| 9 | CM | Genivan A/L Genkeswaran | MAS | 2035 | 4 | 4 | IM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2393 | |||
| 10 | FM | Goh Zi Han | SGP | 2361 | 4 | 4 | Tin Shan Wen | MAS | 2021 |
