Alisher is not making it easy for anyone
Kazakh Grandmaster Alisher Suleymenov took the World by storm in 2023 when he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Qatar Masters. Now he is dominating at the Chola Chess GM Norm Round Robin tournament in India. He is still unbeaten in the event with 3 wins and 3 draws. In round 6, Aronyak Ghosh played a draw against Harsh Suresh, Mayank Chakraborty drew with white pieces against Ameya Audi, and Ethan Vaz vs GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris also ended in a draw.
Alisher Suleymenov vs Boyer Mahel (1-0)

Girel Joseph vs Akshay Borgaonkar (1-0)





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Replay Round 6 Games
Round 6 Results
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IND | 2443 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2533 | |||||
2 | IND | 2473 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2418 | |||||
3 | FRA | 2499 | GM | 1 - 0 | IM | IND | 2381 | |||||
4 | PAR | 2511 | GM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2518 | |||||
5 | KAZ | 2500 | GM | 1 - 0 | GM | FRA | 2486 |
Rankings after Round 6
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | GM | KAZ | 2500 | 4,5 | 0 | 11,75 | 3 | 1 | |||
2 | 5 | IM | IND | 2518 | 3,5 | 1 | 11,25 | 2 | 1 | |||
3 | 8 | IM | IND | 2533 | 3,5 | 2 | 8,25 | 2 | 0 | |||
4 | 7 | IM | IND | 2418 | 3,5 | 2 | 7,75 | 2 | 2 | |||
5 | 2 | GM | PAR | 2511 | 3,5 | 4 | 9,25 | 1 | 1 | |||
6 | 9 | IM | IND | 2473 | 3 | 0 | 8,5 | 1 | 0 | |||
7 | 1 | GM | FRA | 2499 | 3 | 0 | 7,25 | 1 | 0 | |||
8 | 10 | IM | IND | 2443 | 2,5 | 0 | 8,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | 6 | IM | IND | 2381 | 2 | 0 | 6,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 4 | GM | FRA | 2486 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Round 7 Pairings
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FRA | 2486 | GM | IM | IND | 2443 | ||||||
2 | IND | 2518 | IM | GM | KAZ | 2500 | ||||||
3 | IND | 2381 | IM | GM | PAR | 2511 | ||||||
4 | IND | 2418 | IM | GM | FRA | 2499 | ||||||
5 | IND | 2533 | IM | IM | IND | 2473 |









