Kathmandu Open 2018 Round 6: 14 players lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/04/2018

There is a pack of 14 players who are leading at the conclusion of sixth round in Kathmandu Open 2018. Harsha Bharathakoti tried hard to push for a win at the top board against Tarlev Konstantin in round 6 but he had to settle for a draw. Sandipan, Deep and Himal cruised forward with an easy win. Padmini Rout had to endure a prolonged same colored bishop endgame which she played correctly and eventually won the game. It is going to be an exciting round 7 as all fourteen players will try to extend their lead in the morning tomorrow. In this report, we bring you photos, games, video and interview. Photo: Nongsha Angom

Six people were in the lead after round 5 with 4.5 points each, L to R clockwise: IM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM Tarlev Konstantin, GM Sriram Jha, GM Aron Greenfeld, GM Sergey Kasparov and GM Azer Mirzoev

Round 5 highlights

Tarlev Konstantin and Sergey Kasparov's game in Scandinavian Defence turned out to be an uneventful draw | Photo: Nongsha Angom

Alon Greenfeld drew with Sandipan Chanda in Dutch Defence | Photo: Nongsha Angom

P Shyam Nikhil drew with Deep Sengupta in an exciting game arising out of Nimzo-Indian Defence | Photo: Nongsha Angom

Subhayan Kundu defeated IM Llaneza Vega Marcos in a game of Larsen Opening | Photo: Nongsha Angom

Subhayan speaks about his game after defeating Spanish IM Marcos Llaneza Vega

Alina L'ami lost to Sonkalan Bharati after blundering a piece | Photo: Nongsha Angom

Round 6 highlights

After round 6, there are fourteen players in the lead with 5 points a piece.

L to R: IM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM Azer Mirzoev, IM Himal Gusain, IM P Shyam Nikhil, IM Padmini Rout, GM Alon Greenfeld, GM Sergey Kasparov, GM Sandipan Chanda, GM Deep Sengupta, GM Tarlev Konstantin, GM Sriram Jha, Niranjan Navalgund, IM Prince Bajaj and Subhayan Kundu.

Top board game between Harsha Bharathakoti and Tarlev Konstantin was the most exciting game of the day, despite having a lot of fireworks in the game by Harsha, the game did not yield a decisive result.

Harsha Bharathakoti and Tarlev Konstantin ended up in a draw in Queen's Indian Defence | Photo: Nongsha Angom

Azer Mirzoev drew with Sriram Jha in hard fought battle | Photo: Nongsha Angom

It's not about wins and losses always, sometimes it's about a kind and noble gesture.

Sergey Kasparov shooed away a photographer, who was trying to take his opponent's photo, pointing at his wrist that his opponent is under time pressure

Pairings/Results

Round 7 on 2018/04/16 at 09:00 NST

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	IM	Gusain Himal	2413	5		5	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2579	2
2	12	GM	Sriram Jha	2392	5		5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2579	3
3	4	GM	Tarlev Konstantin	2549	5		5	IM	Prince Bajaj	2409	11
4	20		Navalgund Niranjan	2286	5		5	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2504	5
5	6	GM	Greenfeld Alon	2490	5		5	IM	Padmini Rout	2360	16
6	14	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2385	5		5	GM	Kasparov Sergey	2462	7
7	36		Subhayan Kundu	2079	5		5	IM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2424	8
8	1	GM	Volkov Sergey	2598	4½		4½	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2282	21
9	19	FM	Gajwa Ankit	2292	4½		4½	GM	Fominyh Alexander	2391	13
10	81		Bhagyashree Patil	1734	4½		4½		Srijit Paul	2351	17
11	18	IM	L'ami Alina	2316	4		4½		Saptorshi Gupta	2080	35
12	42		Kavinda Akila	1996	4		4	IM	Llaneza Vega Marcos	2422	9
13	44		Puri Rajan	1994	4		4		Kaustuv Kundu	2381	15
14	48		Chaulagain Purushottam	1967	4		4	CM	Thing Bibek	2263	22
15	23		Patil Pratik	2258	4		4	CM	Rajbhandari Rijendra	1959	50
16	51		Tamang Thendup	1953	4		4		Neelash Saha	2212	25
17	26		Ramaraju N	2175	4		4	WFM	Lakshmi C	1942	53
18	54	CM	Tandukar Nabin	1936	4		4	FM	Mohammed Abdul Malek	2171	27
19	28	FM	Shantharam K.V.	2163	4		4		Lama Surbir	1911	57
20	62		Sayantan Chandra	1878	4		4	FM	Jaiswal Rupesh	2121	29

Previous articles of this tournament:

Kathmandu Open 2018 Day 1: Inauguration Ceremony & Preview

North East Champion holds former Russia Champion in Round 2 of Kathmandu Open 2018

Neelash defeats top seed, three-way lead after round 4 in Kathmandu Open 2018