Hakobyan and Kollars in the fray
R Praggnanandhaa scored his second win of the event to join the lead with Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Praggnanandhaa - Gledura: 1-0
R Praggnanandhaa (2767) faced Benjamin Gledura (HUN, 2668) three times in Classical rated games. He drew once and lost the remaining two. Their last Classical battle was over six years ago. Praggnanandhaa has gotten much stronger than his opponent over time.
Position after 20...Rb8?
In an already difficult position, Black decided to give up the c7-pawn 20...Rb8? 21.Qxc7 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 cxd4 23.cxd4 Qxa3 24.Qc8+ Nd8 25.Qc2 and White went on to convert his advantage comfortably.
R Praggnanandhaa defeated Benjamin Gledura (HUN) comfortably | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Aravindh Chithambaram and Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) made a ten-move quick draw | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Xiangyu Xu (CHN) drew against Aram Hakobyan (ARM) | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) - Dmitrij Kollars (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN) - Samuel Sevian (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Replay Round 6 live stream
Replay Round 6 live commentary by IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India
Time Control
90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game (with 30 seconds increment starting from move one).
Prizes
The total prize fund is 7450000 AMD (≈ US$ 19325). The top three prizes are 3100000 AMD (≈ US$ 8041), 1 850 000 AMD (≈ US$ 4799) and 1500000 (≈ US$ 3891).
Round 6 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2623 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | ½ - ½ | GM | Hakobyan Aram | 2620 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 2758 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 1 - 0 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2663 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2635 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ½ - ½ | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2625 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2749 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | ½ - ½ | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2665 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2641 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | ½ - ½ | GM | Sevian Samuel | 2694 | 4 |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2758 | 4 | 11,25 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2749 | 4 | 11,25 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2620 | 3,5 | 9,50 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GER | 2625 | 3,5 | 9,25 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | GM | Sevian Samuel | USA | 2694 | 3 | 9,25 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2641 | 3 | 8,75 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | 5 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2665 | 2,5 | 6,75 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | CHN | 2623 | 2,5 | 6,50 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2635 | 2 | 6,75 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2663 | 2 | 5,75 | 4 | 0 |
Round 7 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2694 | GM | Sevian Samuel | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 2665 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 2641 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 2625 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2749 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2663 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2635 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | 2620 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2758 | 9 |
Schedule
| Wednesday | 28 May at 19:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| Thursday | 29 May at 15:00 | Round 1 |
| Friday | 30 May at 15:00 | Round 2 |
| Saturday | 31 May at 15:00 | Round 3 |
| Sunday | 1 June at 15:00 | Round 4 |
| Monday | 2 June at 15:00 | Round 5 |
| Tuesday | 3 June at 15:00 | Round 6 |
| Wednesday | 4 June at 15:00 | Round 7 |
| Thursday | 5 June at 15:00 | Round 8 |
| Friday | 6 June at 11:00 | Round 9 |
| Friday | 6 June at 18:00 | Closing Ceremony |
