World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead
IM Dushyant Sharma defeated GM Nikolozi Kacharava (GEO) to become one of the six leaders at 5/6. The Georgian made an exchange sacrifice to weaken Dushyant's king. However, he was unable to generate any attack. Later he misplayed and Dushyant seized his opportunity to win the game. GM Pranav Anand defeated IM Kirk Ghazarian (USA). GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (FRA), Pranav, IM Gleb Dudin (HUN), IM Ruben Gideon Koellner (GER), GM Santiago Avila Pavas (COL) and Dushyant are currently leading 5/6 each. WGM Rakshitta Ravi made a tactical error which cost her material against IM Carissa Yip (USA). Yip has taken sole lead 5.5/6, followed by three girls at 5/6 each. Round 7 starts today at 4 p.m. local time, tomorrow Wednesday 28th September 3:30 a.m. IST.
Rakshitta and Mounika at 4.5/6
Asian Junior 2023 Girls Gold and Bronze medalist, WIM Mounika Akshaya Bommini defeated WIM Ineymig Hernandez Gil (CUB) to move to 4.5/6. Both Rakshitta and Mounika are at a pack of six players with a score of 4.5/6.
Open: Dushyant - Kacharava: 1-0
GM Nikolozi Kacharava (GEO, 2528) decided to sacrifice an exchange to weaken IM Dushyant Sharma's (2339) king. This exchange sacrifice is not good if we consider the two games available on Mega Database which were played in earlier this year and in 2022. In both cases, Black did not manage to win it.
It was probably a part of the preparation for both players 18...Rxb2 19.Ndb5 Qa5 20.Kxb2 Qb4+ 21.Kc1 axb5 22.Kd2 Black did not manage to get enough compensation for the exchange and he eventually went on to lose the game.
Pranav - Kirk
GM Pranav Anand (2509) won the pawn race in a rook and minor piece endgame against IM Kirk Ghazarian (USA, 2473).
Replay Round 6 Open games
Replay Round 6 Girls games
Round 6 results Open
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 48 | IM | DUSHYANT Sharma | 2339 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | KACHARAVA Nikolozi | 2528 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 11 | GM | PRANAV Anand | 2509 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | GHAZARIAN Kirk | 2473 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 26 | 40 | IM | HARSHAVARDHAN G B | 2397 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | PAREDES GUZMAN Francisco Javier | 2190 | 61 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 62 | VIGNESH B | 2173 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | FLORES QUILLAS Diego Saul Rodri | 2357 | 45 |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | MAURIZZI, Marc`andria | FRA | 2555 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 23,5 | |
| 2 | 11 | GM | PRANAV, Anand | IND | 2509 | 5 | 0 | 20,5 | 23,5 | |
| 3 | 7 | IM | DUDIN, Gleb | HUN | 2537 | 5 | 0 | 20,5 | 23 | |
| 4 | 17 | IM | KOELLNER, Ruben Gideon | GER | 2485 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 22,5 | |
| 5 | 10 | GM | AVILA PAVAS, Santiago | COL | 2510 | 5 | 0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | |
| 6 | 48 | IM | DUSHYANT, Sharma | IND | 2339 | 5 | 0 | 18,5 | 21 | |
| 7 | 3 | GM | NESTEROV, Arseniy | FID | 2575 | 4,5 | 0 | 21,5 | 25 | |
| 8 | 6 | IM | AMAR, Elham | NOR | 2541 | 4,5 | 0 | 21 | 24,5 | |
| 9 | 16 | GM | SUBELJ, Jan | SLO | 2492 | 4,5 | 0 | 20,5 | 23 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | NIEMANN, Hans Moke | USA | 2667 | 4,5 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
Round 7 pairings Open
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | GM | MAURIZZI Marc`andria | 2555 | 5 | 5 | GM | PRANAV Anand | 2509 | 11 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 48 | IM | DUSHYANT Sharma | 2339 | 5 | 5 | GM | AVILA PAVAS Santiago | 2510 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 13 | 9 | GM | KACHARAVA Nikolozi | 2528 | 4 | 4 | IM | HARSHAVARDHAN G B | 2397 | 40 | |||
| 7 | 38 | 62 | VIGNESH B | 2173 | 3 | 3 | TORRES RIVAS Felipe De Jesus | 1877 | 92 |
Round 6 results Girls
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | WGM | RAKSHITTA Ravi | 2272 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | IM | YIP Carissa | 2372 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 10 | 12 | WIM | HERNANDEZ GIL Ineymig | 2170 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | WIM | BOMMINI Mounika Akshaya | 2096 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 24 | 30 | MAIONE Melissa | 1931 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | AMULYA Guruprasad | 1633 | 64 |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | IM | YIP, Carissa | USA | 2372 | 5,5 | 0 | 21 | 23 | |
| 2 | 3 | WIM | MKRTCHYAN, Mariam | ARM | 2343 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 24,5 | |
| 3 | 5 | WIM | HRYZLOVA, Sofiia | SUI | 2228 | 5 | 0 | 20,5 | 24 | |
| 4 | 6 | WGM | KRASTEVA, Beloslava | BUL | 2223 | 5 | 0 | 20,5 | 22,5 | |
| 5 | 4 | WGM | RAKSHITTA, Ravi | IND | 2272 | 4,5 | 0 | 21 | 24 | |
| 6 | 2 | WGM | FRANCISCO GUECAMBURU, Candela Be | ARG | 2345 | 4,5 | 0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | |
| 7 | 15 | WCM | GORAJ, Barbara | POL | 2135 | 4,5 | 0 | 18,5 | 21 | |
| 8 | 17 | WIM | BOMMINI, Mounika Akshaya | IND | 2096 | 4,5 | 0 | 18 | 19,5 | |
| 9 | 11 | WIM | OBREGON GARCIA, Roxangel | CUB | 2171 | 4,5 | 0 | 17 | 19 | |
| 10 | 9 | WIM | KANYAMARALA, Trisha | IRL | 2184 | 4,5 | 0 | 15,5 | 17,5 |
Round 7 results Girls
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 17 | WIM | BOMMINI Mounika Akshaya | 2096 | 4½ | 4½ | WGM | FRANCISCO GUECAMBURU Candela Be | 2345 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 11 | WIM | OBREGON GARCIA Roxangel | 2171 | 4½ | 4½ | WGM | RAKSHITTA Ravi | 2272 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 32 | 64 | AMULYA Guruprasad | 1633 | 2 | 2 | WCM | CATA PALLO Alejandra Nicole | 1480 | 73 |
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