Xiangzhi, Yangyi or Arjun - Who will win 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024?

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/03/2024

Arjun Erigaisi drew his sixth round game against Vladislav Artemiev at 5th Shenzhen Masters 2024. The remaining two leaders - Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) and Yangyi Yu (CHN) drew their game against each other. Xiangyu Xu (CHN) scored his first win of the event against Daniil Dubov. This was the first time former World Rapid champion suffered a loss at this event. Arjun must beat Dubov in the final round to have a chance of a first place finish. Xiangzhi and Yangyi have better tie-breaks which means Arjun's win may not prove to be enough as he needs two more results to go in his way. Round 7 starts tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Organizer/Liang Ziming

Xiangyu defeats Dubov

Arjun Erigaisi maintained his World no.10 position in the live ratings for the third consecutive day.

Arjun Erigaisi is still World no.10 in the live ratings

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Xiangyu - Dubov: 0.5-0.5

Xiangyu Xu (CHN, 2623) pushed his passed pawn to c7 on 13th move. It proved to play a crucial role in his victory over Daniil Dubov (2708).

Position after 27.Ke4

Black needed to get rid of the c7-pawn as it had already crippled the c8-rook. 27...f5+ 28.Kf3 Rd3+ 29.Kf2 Rxc3 followed by Na8 was a way to remove the burden. Instead, 27...Na4? 28.Kf3 Nc5 29.Rhe1 Re6? 30.Rxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxb7 gave White the decisive advantage and he went on to win the game.

Xiangyu Xu (CHN) scored his first win of the event, ending Daniil Dubov's unbeaten run

Arjun Erigaisi - Vladislav Artemiev: 0.5-0.5

Arjun Erigaisi is still World no.10 and India no.1 for third day in-a-row in live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) - Yangyi Yu (CHN): 0.5-0.5

Anish Giri (NED) drew against...

...Qun Ma (CHN)

Time Control

The time control is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 minutes / end and 30 seconds increment per move from move no.1

Schedule

Every day the round starts at 2 p.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Only the first round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day.

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Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	8	2623	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	1 - 0	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2708	7	PGN
2	1	2738	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	½ - ½	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2711	6	PGN
3	2	2671	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	½ - ½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2720	5	PGN
4	3	2762	GM	Giri, Anish	½ - ½	GM	Ma, Qun	2651	4	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2671	4	1,5	11,75	2	2
2	5	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2720	4	1	11,50	1,5	2
3	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2738	4	0,5	9,75	0,5	3
4	7	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2708	3	0	8,25	1	1
5	8	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2623	2,5	0,5	7,25	1,5	1
6	6	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2711	2,5	0,5	6,75	1	1
7	4	GM	Ma, Qun	CHN	2651	2	0,5	6,50	1,5	0
8	3	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2762	2	0,5	4,75	0	1

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	4	2651	GM	Ma, Qun		GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2623	8
2	5	2720	GM	Yu, Yangyi		GM	Giri, Anish	2762	3
3	6	2711	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav		GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2671	2
4	7	2708	GM	Dubov, Daniil		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2738	1

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